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26 Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.

Adultery in the Heart

27 “You have heard that it was said1 to those of old, a‘You shall not commit adultery.’  
28 But I say to you that whoever alooks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.  
29 aIf your right eye causes you to1 sin, bpluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.  
30 And if your right hand causes you to1 sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.  

Marriage Is Sacred and Binding

31 “Furthermore it has been said, a‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’  
32 But I say to you that awhoever divorces his wife for any reason except1 sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Matthew 5:28

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her—with the intent to do so, as the same expression is used in Matthew 6:1; or, with the full consent of his will, to feed thereby his unholy desires.

hath committed adultery with her already in his heart—We are not to suppose, from the word here used—"adultery"—that our Lord means to restrict the breach of this commandment to married persons, or to criminal intercourse with such. The expressions, "whosoever looketh," and "looketh upon a woman," seem clearly to extend the range of this commandment to all forms of impurity, and the counsels which follow—as they most certainly were intended for all, whether married or unmarried—seem to confirm this. As in dealing with the sixth commandment our Lord first expounds it, and then in the four following verses applies His exposition (Matthew 5:21-25), so here He first expounds the seventh commandment, and then in the four following verses applies His exposition (Matthew 5:28-32).




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