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³⁸ “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[a]

³⁹ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.

⁴⁰ And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.

“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also 

internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you 

refuse to hate him." ---Martin Luther King Jr. 

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