for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. - Matthew 5:38-39 This did not mean you were no longer allowed to defend yourself. What this meant was that in cases where you no longer needed to defend yourself or others you now had a limit of how far you could go. If someone walked up to you and slapped you across the face and walked off and you decided to chase them down and slap them back then you have crossed into the “eye for an eye” territory which Jesus warns against. We are
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