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You have heard the saying, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I tell you, you are not to resist an injury: whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well;

It is written in the law of Moses, You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading the grain. Is God thinking here about cattle? Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfThreshingMuzzlingAnimals, God's Care OfOxenSealing ThingsBinding As AnimalsWritten In The Lawthe Law of mosesPerspectivemuscles


Scripture says, You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading the grain, and A workman deserves his wages. Verse ConceptsEmploymentMastersMinistry, In The ChurchThreshingWord Of GodMuzzlingOxenBinding As AnimalsScripture SaysSpecial RevelationRewardWorth





















































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If you only lend to those from whom you hope to get something, what credit is that to you? Even sinful men lend to one another, so as to get a fair return. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfGiving Without Expecting ReturnGiving Backexpectationslent

whoever wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat as well; Verse ConceptsCloaksDressPeople Giving ClothesOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsAdding EvilRobbing People


as he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the sum. Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineDebtorsOther WivesSettling AccountsUnable To Do Other ThingsDebt

Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison; truly I tell you, you will never get out till you pay the last halfpenny of your debt.






"Which?" he said. Jesus answered, "The commands, you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery, DefinedMurderSanctity Of LifeWitnesses, FalseAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealEighth Commandment




but if he will not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every case may be decided on the evidence of two or of three witnesses. Verse ConceptsAgreements, LegalThree Witnessesdiscipline, divineTwoLove To Others Shown InTwo Or ThreeReconciliationConflictGoing To ChurchFamily ConflictThe ElderlyResolving Conflictmathothers

Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy, on the evidence of two or of three witnesses. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentThree WitnessesMurderWitnesses, LegalDespisersTwo Or ThreeEffect Of The LawThey Do Not Keep Commandsthe Law of moses