Matthew 5:28 “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has…”

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

World English Bible

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“I say”

Matthew 5:22 Matthew 5:39 Matthew 7:28 Matthew 7:29

Matthew 5:22 · BSB

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to t…

Matthew 5:39 · BSB

But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

Matthew 7:28 · BSB

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

Matthew 7:29 · BSB

because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

“That”

1 John 2:16 Proverbs 6:25 Exodus 20:17 2 Samuel 11:2 Job 31:1 Genesis 34:2

1 John 2:16 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 6:25 · BSB

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Exodus 20:17 · BSB

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.”

2 Samuel 11:2 · BSB

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.

Job 31:1 · BSB

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

Genesis 34:2 · BSB

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

“hath”

Romans 7:14 Psalm 119:96 Romans 7:7 Romans 7:8

Romans 7:14 · BSB

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

Psalm 119:96 · BSB

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

Romans 7:7 · BSB

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.”

Romans 7:8 · BSB

But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

29If 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.

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