Matthew 5:27

You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.

28But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:10If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife, let then: be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel.

Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of 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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