Matthew 5:27

27 "1You have heard that it was said, '2YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY ';

Matthew 5:27 In-Context

25 "Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
26 "Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent.
27 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY ';
28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 "If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Matt 5:21, 33, 38, 43
  • 2. Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18
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