Matthew 5:27-32

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

28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman ³with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29 "⁴If 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 ⁵hell.

30 "⁶If 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 ⁷hell.

31 "It was said, '⁸WHOEVER * SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE ';

32 ⁹but 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.

Cross References

• 1. Matt 5:21, 33, 38, 43
• 2. Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18
• 3. 2 Samuel 11:2-5; Job 31:1; Matthew 15:19; James 1:14, 15
• 4. Matthew 18:9; Mark 9:47
• 5. Matthew 5:22
• 6. Matthew 18:8; Mark 9:43
• 7. Matthew 5:22
• 8. Deuteronomy 24:1, 3; Jeremiah 3:1; Matthew 19:7; Mark 10:4
• 9. Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18; 1 Corinthians 7:11

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. sin
• [b]. Lit "that one...be lost"
• [c]. Lit "not your whole body"
• [d]. Gr "Gehenna"
• [e]. I.e. sin
• [f]. Lit "that one...be lost"
• [g]. Lit "not your whole body"
• [h]. Gr "Gehenna"
• [i]. Or "sends away"
• [j]. Or "sent away"