Matthew 5:27

Matthew chapter 5 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

Context

v.26Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.

v.27This passage

v.28but 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 20:14

    Thou shalt not commit adultery.

  • Leviticus 20:10

    And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  • Proverbs 6:32

    He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

  • Deuteronomy 22:22

    If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 5:18

    Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

  • Matthew 5:21

    Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: