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Matthew 5:28

American Standard Version

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.

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Matthew 5:28 in other translations

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Matthew 5:28 · World English Bible

Matthew 5:28 in context

  1. 26Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.
  2. 27Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
  3. 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.
  4. 29And 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 hell.
  5. 30And 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 hell.