Matthew 5:38

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

Key words: ophthalmos odous rheō akouō

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English	Original word	Root	#
Ye have heard	ēkousate Ἠκούσατε	akouō	7
that	hoti ὅτι	hoti	33
it hath been said	errethē ἐρρέθη	rheō	6
An eye	ophthalmon Ὀφθαλμὸν	ophthalmos	12
for	anti ἀντὶ	anti	2
an eye	ophthalmou ὀφθαλμοῦ	ophthalmos	12
and	kai καὶ	kai	104
a tooth	odonta ὀδόντα	odous	2
for	anti ἀντὶ	anti	2
a tooth	odontos ὀδόντος	odous	2

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An eye for an eye 3

Exodus 21:22-27
22"If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman's husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye. 27And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.
Leviticus 24:19-20 J-17 Leviticus 24:17-22
19"If a man causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him-- 20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused disfigurement of a man, so shall it be done to him.
Deuteronomy 19:19 P-54 Deuteronomy 19:14-21
19then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you.