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Jesus redirects some misconstrued Scriptures.
I. RESIST NOT EVIL.
Matthew 5:38-42.
MATTHEW 5:38. Oh - it is hard - but “eye for eye, tooth for tooth” belongs to the law courts (cf. Leviticus 24:20), not to personal vendettas.
MATTHEW 5:39a. Jesus rather enjoins, “Resist not evil.”
MATTHEW 5:39b. Traditionally, the slap across the cheek
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