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Matthew 5:28
But I say to you, That whoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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Matthew 5:28 in other translations
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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In context
25 Agree with thy adversary quickly, while 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 to thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
27 Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say to you, That whoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye shall cause thee to sin, 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 shall cause thee to sin, cut it off, 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.
31 It hath been said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
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