Matthew 5:27-30
New English Translation
Adultery
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’[a] 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.[b] 30 If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.
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- Matthew 5:27 sn A quotation from Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18 (5:17 LXX).
- Matthew 5:29 sn On this word here and in the following verse, see the note on the word hell in 5:22.
Matthew 5:27-30
American Standard Version
27 Ye have heard that it was said, [a]Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 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. 29 And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into [b]hell. 30 And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into [c]hell.
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- Matthew 5:27 Ex. 20:14; Dt. 5:18.
- Matthew 5:29 Greek Gehenna.
- Matthew 5:30 Greek Gehenna.
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