But I say unto you, That you resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;

And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it:

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

For even to this were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps:

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judges righteously:

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary blessing; knowing that you are unto this called, that you should inherit a blessing.

Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.

Because you have had a perpetual hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity came to an end:

Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will prepare you unto blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, even blood shall pursue you.

He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity: he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are deserving of it.