Matthew 5:27
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
- KJV
- Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
- WEB
- “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’
- ASV
- Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
- DARBY
- Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- BLB
- You⁺ heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
- ÅB
- «Dere har hørt at det er sagt: ‘Du skal ikke drive hor.’
- OTB
- Dere har hørt at det ble sagt: ‘Du skal ikke bryte ekteskapet.’
- B1930
- I har hørt at det er sagt: Du skal ikke drive hor.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 5:18
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Read in contextProverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Read in contextExodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:22–24
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
Read in contextMatthew 5:21
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:
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