Matthew 5:27
You heard that it was said to the ancients: You will not commit adultery;
Literal Standard Version
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 you, you may not come forth from there until you may pay the last penny.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10And a man who commits adultery with a man’s wife—who commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor—the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.
Deuteronomy 22:22When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them have died—the man who is lying with the woman, and the woman; and you have put away evil out of Israel.
Matthew 5:21You heard that it was said to the ancients: You will not murder, and whoever may murder will 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 →