John, you skipped a verse. Same sermon, same chapter, twenty-one verses before your "eye for an eye": "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill." Matthew 5:17. That's the thesis statement of the sermon you cited. You missed the topic sentence. Ninth graders do that too. Let's grade your four claims in order. "Jesus forbids the death penalty." You're making the claim, so you owe the verse where He forbids it. Mark 7:9-13. The Pharisees used a tradition to dodge supporting their parents. Jesus rebukes them by quoting Moses, including that whoever speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death, and calls it the word of God they invalidated. He doesn't repudiate a word of it. John 19:10-11. Pilate brags he has authority to crucify Him. Jesus doesn't deny Pilate holds that power. He says it was given from above. That's God's sovereignty, not a policy memo, but it's no prohibition. "Says only the sinless may execute." That's John 8, minus the context. Verse 6 says they were testing Him so they could accuse Him. And Leviticus 20:10 required BOTH parties. She was caught "in the very act," and somehow the man walked. Under Deuteronomy 17:7 the witnesses throw the first stones, so "without sin" put the accusers on the stand. Jesus exposed a rigged accusation, showed her mercy, and told her to sin no more (verse 11). Not a repeal of the courts. The LSB and most modern translations bracket John 7:53-8:11 because it's missing from the earliest manuscripts. You built a doctrine on the one passage with a footnote. Follow your rule out. Romans 3:23: all have sinned. If sin disqualifies the judge, no judge may jail, fine, or ticket anyone. It also disqualifies you from deciding who "uses" Christ. "Overturns eye for an eye." Exodus 21:22-25 is instruction for judges. It's a CEILING. The court cannot take a life for an eye. In Matthew 5:38-42 Jesus speaks to how YOU respond when wronged: the slap on the cheek, the lawsuit for your shirt, the forced mile. No revenge. Personal, not a ruling on judges. And 5:18: until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke passes from the Law until all is accomplished. Last I checked, heaven and earth are still here. "Never mentions abortion." Argumentum ex silentio, argument from silence. Jesus also never mentions arson or carjacking. He does take "You shall not murder" and push it all the way down to anger (Matthew 5:21-22). And Luke 1:39-44. Pregnant Elizabeth greets pregnant Mary, calls her "the mother of my Lord," and says the baby in her womb leaped for joy. Luke uses brephos for that unborn child, the same word he uses for the newborn in the manger (Luke 2:12). The doctor who wrote the Gospel didn't see a difference. Neither does my Anatomy textbook, and I wrote that one. "If y'all had ever read the Jesus parts." Jesus quoted Deuteronomy to the devil. Three times (Matthew 4). After the resurrection He explained Himself from Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms (Luke 24:27, 44). The red letters were never meant to be read with the black ones cut out. The Sadducees quoted Moses at Him with a trick question too. His answer: you are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God (Matthew 22:29). I'd grade your exegesis, but I don't have a letter below F. For the record, I'm not a fan of the death penalty. Not for religious reasons. It makes killing a man some innocent person's job, and I think that's wrong to ask of anyone. That's from a guy who went to war and carries concealed when the law lets me. So this isn't about the policy, John. It's about you rewriting Scripture to win a tweet. Two questions, and I'll wait: o Where does Jesus say the Law is abolished, using your own sermon, after verse 17? o Under your rule, who on Earth is qualified to judge anyone, including you? But what do I know, I am only a science teacher who reads the whole chapter before I quote the verse.