Matthew 5:38

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"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'

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Jerusalem is not mentioned in Matthew 5:38; the verse occurs within Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, delivered in Galilee, likely near Capernaum. Though Jerusalem was Israel’s religious center, this teaching on rejecting personal retaliation addresses God’s people wherever they live.

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Matthew 5:38 mentions Jerusalem.

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