If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:
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If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Leviticus 24:19-20 codifies the lex talionis: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, breach for breach. Matthew 5:38-39 has Jesus directly quote that statute and overturn it: "But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil."
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"Leviticus 24:19 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/leviticus/24/19?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).