Matthew 5:27

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall not commit adultery.

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In The King James Version

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

In Context

26Truly I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid the last quadran.

28But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:10And the man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man be found laying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman. So shall thou put away the evil from Israel.

Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to the judgment.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:22-27

The Sermon on the Mount. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother… Read the whole commentary →

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