Matthew 5:26-36

26 "Truly I say to you, ¹you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent.

27 "²You have heard that it was said, '³YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY ';

28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman ⁴with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29 "⁵If 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 ⁶hell.

30 "⁷If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off 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 go into ⁸hell.

31 "It was said, '⁹WHOEVER * SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE ';

32 ¹⁰but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever * marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

33 "Again, ¹¹you have heard that the ancients were told, '¹²YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.'

34 "But I say to you, ¹³make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is ¹⁴the throne of God,

35 or by the earth, for it is the ¹⁵footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is ¹⁶THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.

36 "Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot * make one hair white or black.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 12:59
• 2. Matt 5:21, 33, 38, 43
• 3. Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18
• 4. 2 Samuel 11:2-5; Job 31:1; Matthew 15:19; James 1:14, 15
• 5. Matthew 18:9; Mark 9:47
• 6. Matthew 5:22
• 7. Matthew 18:8; Mark 9:43
• 8. Matthew 5:22
• 9. Deuteronomy 24:1, 3; Jeremiah 3:1; Matthew 19:7; Mark 10:4
• 10. Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18; 1 Corinthians 7:11
• 11. Matthew 5:21, 27, 38, 43; Matthew 23:16f
• 12. Leviticus 19:12; Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21, 23
• 13. James 5:12
• 14. Isaiah 66:1; Matthew 23:22
• 15. Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:49
• 16. Psalms 48:2

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "quadrans" (equaling two mites); i.e. 1/64 of a daily wage
• [b] I.e. sin
• [c] Lit "that one...be lost"
• [d] Lit "not your whole body"
• [e] Gr "Gehenna"
• [f] I.e. sin
• [g] Lit "that one...be lost"
• [h] Lit "not your whole body"
• [i] Gr "Gehenna"
• [j] Or "sends away"
• [k] Or "sent away"
• [l] Lit "it was said to the ancients"
• [m] "you" and "your" are singular here
• [n] Or "break your vows"
• [o] Lit "oaths"
• [p] Or "toward"