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26 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid the last [a]cent.

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’;(A) 28 but I say to you that everyone who [so much as] looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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  1. Matthew 5:26 Gr kodrantes, from the Lat quadrans, which was the smallest Roman bronze coin.

26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

Adultery

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’[a](A) 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(B)

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  1. Matthew 5:27 Exodus 20:14