Matthew 5:26-28
English Standard Version
26 Truly, I say to you, (A)you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.[a]
Lust
27 (B)“You have heard that it was said, (C)‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that (D)everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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- Matthew 5:26 Greek kodrantes, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)
Matthew 5:26-28
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Matthew 5:27 Exodus 20:14
Matthew 5:26-28
King James Version
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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