Eye For An Eye “An eye for an eye” (עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן)[a] or the law of retaliation (lex talionis) is the principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree, and the person inflicting such punishment should be the injured party. In softer interpretations, it...
Jesus Quotes Jesus of Nazareth (8–2 BC – 29–36 AD), also known as Jesus Christ, Yeshua, Yasuo, and Isa, is the central figure of Christianity, a philosopher, teacher. He is the Messiah of ultimate salvation and Son of God by followers of Christian traditions. Manichaeans, Gnostics, Muslims, Bahá’ís, and others have...
Five Discourses of Matthew In Christianity, the term Five Discourses of Matthew refers to five specific discourses by Jesus within the Gospel of Matthew.[1][2] The five discourses are listed as the following: the Sermon on the Mount, the Missionary Discourse, the Parabolic Discourse, the Discourse on the Church, and the Discourse on End Times. Each of the discourses...
Sermon on The Mount The Sermon on the Mount (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: Sermo in monte) is a collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus Christ, which emphasizes his moral teaching found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6, and 7).[1][2] It is the first of the Five Discourses of Matthew and takes place relatively early in the Ministry of Jesus after he has...
The Lord’s Prayer The Lord’s Prayer, also called the Our Father (Latin: Pater Noster), is a central Christian prayer which, according to the New Testament, Jesus taught as the way to pray: Pray then in this way … (Matthew 6:9 NRSV) When you pray, say … (Luke 11:2 NRSV) Two versions of this prayer are recorded in the gospels: a longer form...
Anger And Virtue On the one hand, in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus compares the punishment for anger with the judgment facing murderers: “You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.’ But I...
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