Matthew 5:28
26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
27 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- KJV
- But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- WEB
- but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- ASV
- but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- DARBY
- But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- BLB
- But I say to you⁺ that everyone looking at a woman in order to desire her already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- ÅB
- Men jeg sier dere at hver den som ser på en kvinne for å begjære henne, har allerede drevet hor med henne i hjertet.
- OTB
- Men jeg sier dere, den som ser på en kvinne med begjær, har allerede brutt ekteskapet med henne i sitt hjerte.
- B1930
- Men jeg sier eder at hver den som ser på en kvinne for å begjære henne, har alt drevet hor med henne i sitt hjerte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 1:14–15
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
Read in context1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
Read in contextProverbs 6:25
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
Read in contextExodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Read in context2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Read in contextJob 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Read in contextRomans 7:7–8
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
Read in context2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
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