What I Believe by Leo Tolstoy ~ Full Audiobook [religion]
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You Have Been Told, You Shall Not Kill, You Shall Not Commit Adultery
In the preceding passages Christ quotes the exact authentic words of the Mosaic law, but in this one he cites words that were never used. He seems to knowingly make a false statement about the ancient law. The various common trees on the gospel, which I consulted, helped me no more than they had done in my former doubts. All commentators acknowledge that the words hate your enemy, do not stand in theMosaic law. But by none of them is there any explanation of the incorrect quotation given. They tell us that it is hard to love one's enemies, the wicked, and, commenting on Christ's words, they add that, though a man cannot love his enemy, yet he may
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