Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that everyone who looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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In Context
27You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'
Cross References
Genesis 39:7It came about after this that his master's wife lusted for Joseph. She said, “Sleep with me.”
2 Samuel 11:2So it came about one evening that David got up from his bed and walked on the roof of his palace. From there he happened to see a woman who was bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
Job 31:9If my heart has been deceived by a woman, 1 if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door, 1
Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty 1 and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. 1
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil. Instead, whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Romans 7:7What will we say then? Is the law itself sin? May it never be. However, I would never have known sin, if it were not through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law said, “You must 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 →