Matthew 5:28 Parallel Translations

But I can guarantee that whoever looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery in his heart.(GOD'S WORD®)

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath 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.

BBE:

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

WEY:

But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and cherishes lustful thoughts has already in his heart become guilty with regard to her.

WBS:

But I say to you, That whoever 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.

YLT:

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 5:28 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 11:2 Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king's house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

Job 31:1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin?

Matthew 15:19 "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

James 1:14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

James 1:15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

5:27,28 Thou shalt not commit adultery. The Jewish rabbis held that a man was guiltless who did not commit the act. Christ, as he always did, lays the laws upon the heart. If it is impure, full of unholy desires, one is guilty. It is our duty to keep the heart pure.

MHC:

5:27-32 Victory over the desires of the heart, must be attended with painful exertions. But it must be done. Every thing is bestowed to save us from our sins, not in them. All our senses and powers must be kept from those things which lead to transgression. Those who lead others into temptation to sin, by dress or in other ways, or leave them in it, or expose them to it, make themselves guilty of their sin, and will be accountable for it. If painful operations are submitted to, that our lives may be saved, what ought our minds to shrink from, when the salvation of our souls is concerned? There is tender mercy under all the Divine requirements, and the grace and consolations of the Spirit will enable us to attend to them.

CONC:

Adultery Already Cherishes Commit Committed Connection Desire Gazes Guilty Heart Looks Lust Lustful Lustfully Regard Thoughts

Adultery Already Cherishes Commit Committed Connection Desire Eyes Gazes Guilty Heart Lust Lustfully Regard Thoughts Turned

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