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anything beyond these is of evil. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>You have heard that it was said, A<font size="1">N EYE FOR AN EYE</font>, <font size="1">AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>You have heard that it was said, Y<font size="1">OU</font> <font size="1">SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR</font> and hate your enemy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on <i>the</i> evil and <i>the</i> good, and sends rain on <i>the</i> righteous and <i>the</i> unrighteous. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing <i>than others?</i> Do not even the Gentiles do the same? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-48.htm" target="_top"><b>48</b></a></span>Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/matthew/5.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Again, ye have heard that it has been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt render to the Lord what thou hast sworn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Again, ye have heard that it hath been said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform to the Lord thy oaths:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform thy vows to the Lord.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/all_saints_day_and_other_sermons/sermon_xxvii_agree_with_thine.htm">Agree with Thine Adversary</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Eversley, 1861. Windsor Castle, 1867. St. Matthew v. 25, 26. "Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing." This parable our Lord seems to have spoken at least twice, as He did several others. For we find it also in the 12th <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/all_saints_day_and_other_sermons/sermon_xxvii_agree_with_thine.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Kingsley—</span><span class="citation2">All Saints' Day and Other Sermons</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_9_ye_are_the.htm">June 9. "Ye are the Light of the World" (Matt. v. 14). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Ye are the light of the world" (Matt. v. 14). We are called the lights of the world, light-bearers, reflectors, candle-sticks, lamps. We are to be kindled ourselves, and then we will burn and give light to others. We are the only light the world has. The Lord might come down Himself and give light to the world, but He has chosen differently. He wants to send it through us, and if we don't give it the world will not have it. We should be giving light all the time to our neighbors. God does not put <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_9_ye_are_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_eighth_beatitude.htm">The Eighth Beatitude</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.'--MATT. v. 10. We have seen the description of the true subjects of the kingdom growing into form and completeness before our eyes in the preceding verses, which tell us what they are in their own consciousness, what they are in their longings, what they become in inward nature by God's gift of purity, how they move among men as angels of God, meek, merciful, peace-bringing. Is anything more needed <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_eighth_beatitude.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/salt_without_savour.htm">Salt Without Savour</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.'--MATT. v. 13. These words must have seemed ridiculously presumptuous when they were first spoken, and they have too often seemed mere mockery and irony in the ages since. A Galilean peasant, with a few of his rude countrymen who had gathered round him, stands up there on the mountain, and says to them, 'You, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/salt_without_savour.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_first_beatitude.htm">The First Beatitude</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.'--MATT. v. 2. 'Ye are not come unto the mount that burned with fire, nor unto the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of "awful" words.' With such accompaniments the old law was promulgated, but here, in this Sermon on the Mount, as it is called, the laws of the Kingdom are proclaimed by the King Himself; and He does not lay them down with the sternness of those written on tables of stone. No rigid 'thou shalt' compels, no iron 'thou <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_first_beatitude.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_second_beatitude.htm">The Second Beatitude</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.'--MATT. v. 4. An ordinary superficial view of these so-called Beatitudes is that they are simply a collection of unrelated sayings. But they are a great deal more than that. There is a vital connection and progress in them. The jewels are not flung down in a heap; they are wreathed into a chain, which whosoever wears shall have 'an ornament of grace about his neck.' They are an outgrowth from a common root; stages in the evolution of Christian <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_second_beatitude.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_fourth_beatitude.htm">The Fourth Beatitude</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.'--MATT. v. 6. Two preliminary remarks will give us the point of view from which I desire to consider these words now. First, we have seen, in previous sermons, that these paradoxes of the Christian life which we call the Beatitudes are a linked chain, or, rather, an outgrowth from a common root. Each presupposes all the preceding. Now, of course, it is a mistake to expect uniformity in the process of building <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_fourth_beatitude.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_fifth_beatitude.htm">The Fifth Beatitude</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.'--MATT. v. 7. THE divine simplicity of the Beatitudes covers a divine depth, both in regard to the single precepts and to the sequence of the whole. I have already pointed out that the first of the series Is to be regarded as the root and germ of all the subsequent ones. If for a moment we set it aside and consider only the fruits which are successively developed from it, we shall see that the remaining members of the sequence are arranged in <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_fifth_beatitude.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_sixth_beatitude.htm">The Sixth Beatitude</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.'--MATT. v. 8. AT first hearing one scarcely knows whether the character described in this great saying, or the promise held out, is the more inaccessible to men. 'The pure in heart': who may they be? Is there one of us that can imagine himself possessed of a character fitting him for the vision of God, or such as to make him bear with delight that dazzling blaze? 'They shall see God,' whom 'no man hath seen at any time, nor can see.' Surely <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_sixth_beatitude.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_seventh_beatitude.htm">The Seventh Beatitude</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.' MATT. v. 9. This is the last Beatitude descriptive of the character of the Christian. There follows one more, which describes his reception by the world. But this one sets the top stone, the shining apex, upon the whole temple-structure which the previous Beatitudes had been gradually building up. You may remember that I have pointed out in previous sermons how all these various traits of the Christian life are deduced from <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_seventh_beatitude.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_new_sinai.htm">The New Sinai</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain: and when He was set, His disciples came unto Him: 2. And He opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_new_sinai.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/5-33.htm">Matthew 5:33 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/matthew/5-33.htm">Matthew 5:33 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/matthew/5-33.htm">Matthew 5:33 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/matthew/5-33.htm">Matthew 5:33 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/matthew/5-33.htm">Matthew 5:33 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/5-33.htm">Matthew 5:33 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/matthew/5-33.htm">Matthew 5:33 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/5-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 5:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 5:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/5-34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 5:34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 5:34" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/matthew/5-33.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>