Matthew 5:27

You have heard that it was said to the ancients: ‘You 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

26Amen I say to you, that you shall not go forth from there, until you have repaid the last quarter.

28But I say to you, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:10If anyone will have committed sexual acts with the wife of another, or will have perpetrated adultery with his neighbor’s spouse, they shall die a death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man sleeps with the wife of another, then they shall both die, that is, the adulterer and the adulteress. And so shall you take away the evil from Israel.

Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients: ‘You shall not murder; whoever will have murdered shall be liable to 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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