“but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
— WEB
Matthew 5:28
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“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
— KJV
“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.”
— ASV
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But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her--with the intent to do so, as the same expression is used in Mat 6:1; or, with the full consent of his will, to feed thereby his unholy desires. hath committed adultery with her already in his heart--We are not to suppose, from the word here used--"adultery"--that our Lord means to restrict the breach of this commandment to married persons, or to criminal intercourse with such. The expressions, "whosoever looketh," and "looketh upon a woman," seem clearly to extend the range of this commandment to all forms of impurity, and the counsels which follow--as they most certainly were intended for all, whether married or unmarried--seem to confirm this. As in dealing with the sixth commandment our Lord first expounds it, and then in the four following verses applies His exposition (Mat 5:21-25), so here He first expounds the seventh commandment, and then in the four following verses applies His exposition (Mat 5:28-32).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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