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The phrase originates from the Sermon on the Mount in the New Testament.In the Gospel of Matthew chapter 5, an alternative for "an eye for an eye" is given by Jesus: . 38 You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."
Matthew 5:40. "Sermon on the Mount". Interior of Saint Nicasius church of Reims (Marne, France) : baptistery, decorated by Maurice Denis in 1934. Matthew 5:40 is the fortieth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the third verse of the antithesis on the ...
5:30 →. The Sermon of the Beatitudes (1886-96) by James Tissot. Book. Gospel of Matthew. Christian Bible part. New Testament. Matthew 5:29 is the twenty-ninth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. It is the third verse of the discussion of adultery .
e. The historical reliability of the Gospels is evaluated by experts who have not reached complete consensus. While all four canonical gospels contain some sayings and events that may meet at least one of the five criteria for historical reliability used in biblical studies, [ note 1] the assessment and evaluation of these elements is a matter ...
Healing the blind near Jericho. Each of the three Synoptic Gospels tells of Jesus healing the blind near Jericho, as he passed through that town, shortly before his passion . The Gospel of Mark tells of the curing of a man named Bartimaeus, healed by Jesus as he is leaving Jericho. The Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke include different ...
The seven rays are found also in the Chaldean mystery of "the God of the Seven Rays, who held the Seven Stars in his hand, through whom (as Chaldaeans supposed) the souls were raised." Prior to the Christian era, this deity was known as Iao (the first birth) or Sabaoth (the Sun), and later described as "Christos of the Resurrection of Souls."
Matthew 6:21–27 from the 1845 illuminated book of The Sermon on the Mount, designed by Owen Jones. In the King James Version of the English Bible the text reads: thy whole body shall be full of light. The World English Bible translates the passage as: “The lamp of the body is the eye. whole body will be full of light.
Some men came carrying a paralyzed man but could not get inside, so they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and then lowered the man down. When Jesus saw how faithful they had been, he said to the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven." Some of the teachers of the law interpreted this as blasphemy, since God alone can forgive sins.