Verse 38

Ye haue hearde, that it is sayde, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 21:22-27 : 22 If men striue, & hurt a woman with chylde, so that her fruite depart from her, and yet no destruction folow: then he shalbe sore punished according as the womans husbande wyll laye to his charge, and he shall pay as the dayes men wyll appoynt hym. 23 And if any destruction folowe, then he shall geue life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tothe for tothe, hande for hande, foote for foote, 25 Burnyng for burnyng, wounde for wounde, strype for strype. 26 And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, that it perishe, he shall let them go free for the eyes sake. 27 Also if he smyte out his seruaunt or his maydes tothe, he shall let them go out free for the tothes sake.
• Lev 24:19-20 : 19 And yf a man cause a blemishe in his neighbour: as he hath done, so shall it be done to hym. 20 Broke for broke, eye for eye, and tooth for tooth: euen as he hath blemisshed a man, so shall he be blemisshed agayne.
• Deut 19:21 : 21 And thine eye shall haue no copassion, but lyfe for lyfe, eye for eye, toothe for toothe, hande for hande, foote for foote.
• Matt 5:27 : 27 Ye haue hearde, that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not commit adultry.
• Deut 19:19 : 19 Then shall ye do vnto hym, as he had thought to do vnto his brother, & thou shalt put euyll away from the middes of thee.