Matthew 5:28
But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
27Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall not commit adultery.
Cross References
Genesis 39:7And it came to pass, after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lay with me.
2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,
Proverbs 6:25Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids.
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Romans 7:7What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:28-33
The Sermon on the Mount. 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it… Read the whole commentary →