Two Voices · No. 14 of 30 · all the sheets
Eye for eye
The Law of Sinai, and the Sermon on the Plain.
The Law pays the blow back. Jesus says offer the other cheek, because his Father is merciful. Did that Father write the Law?
The verses on the sheet, as text
Exodus 21:24 · KJV
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Leviticus 24:20 · KJV
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Luke 6:29 · KJV
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
Luke 6:36 · KJV
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
King James Version throughout. Free to share; please leave the sheet as it is, with its credit.
If the two halves of your Bible don’t agree
You are not the first to notice. The second-century churches that read the Bible as two voices were burned out of history, and their case can be read again. Start with the free gospel they carried, or the book that sets the two gods side by side, verse by verse.
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