Matthew 5:28

Matthew 5:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
• New International Version (NIV)But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Context of Matthew 5:28

26I can guarantee this truth: You will never get out until you pay every penny of your fine. 27“You have heard that it was said, ‘Never commit adultery.’ But I can guarantee that whoever looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery in his heart. 29“So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have all of it thrown into hell. 30And if your right hand leads you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have all of it go into hell.

Matthew 5:28 word by word

ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ βλέπων γυναῖκα πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτὴν ἤδη ἐμοίχευσεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• Thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• whosoeverπᾶςpas · allG3956
• lookethβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• on a womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• lust afterἐπιθυμέωepithumeō · to long forG1937
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• hath committed adulteryμοιχεύωmoicheuō · to commit adulteryG3431
• alreadyἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588

Cross-references for Matthew 5:28

• Matthew 5:22But I can guarantee that whoever is angry with another believer will answer for it in court. Whoever calls another believer an insulting name will answer for it in the highest court. Whoever calls another believer a fool will answer for it in hellfire.
• Matthew 7:28When Jesus finished this speech, the crowds were amazed at his teachings.
• Genesis 34:2When Shechem, son of the local ruler Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her.
• Genesis 39:7After a while his master’s wife began to desire Joseph, so she said, “Come to bed with me.”
• Exodus 20:17“Never desire to take your neighbor’s household away from him. “Never desire to take your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey, or anything else that belongs to him.”
• 2 Samuel 11:2Now, when evening came, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the royal palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing, and she was very pretty.
• Job 31:1“I have made an agreement with my eyes. Then how can I look with lust at a virgin?
• Proverbs 6:25Do not desire her beauty in your heart. Do not let her catch you with her eyes.
• James 1:14Everyone is tempted by his own desires as they lure him away and trap him.
• 2 Peter 2:14They’re always looking for an adulterous woman. They can’t stop looking for sin as they seduce people who aren’t sure of what they believe. Their minds are focused on their greed. They are cursed.
• 1 John 2:16Not everything that the world offers—physical gratification, greed, and extravagant lifestyles—comes from the Father. It comes from the world, and
• Psalms 119:96I have seen a limit to everything else, ⌞but⌟ your commandments have no limit.
• Romans 7:7What should we say, then? Are the laws in Moses’ Teachings sinful? That’s unthinkable! In fact, I wouldn’t have recognized sin if those laws hadn’t shown it to me. For example, I wouldn’t have known that some desires are sinful if Moses’ Teachings hadn’t said, “Never have wrong desires.”

Commentaries on Matthew 5:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her - , earnestly to covet her. The verb, , is undoubtedly used here by our Lord, in the sense of coveting through the influence of impure desire. The word is used in precisely the same sense, on the same subject, by Herodotus, book the first, near the end. I will give the passage, but I dare not translate it. To the learned reader it will justify my translation, and the unlearned must take my word…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-32Verses 27-32 Victory over the desires of the heart, must be attended with painful exertions. But it must be done. Every thing is bestowed to save us from our sins, not in them. All our senses and powers must be kept from those things which lead to transgression. Those who lead others into temptation to sin, by dress or in other ways, or leave them in it, or expose them to it, make themselves guilty of their sin, and will be accountable for it. If painful…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-30The righteousness of Jesus exposes sin beyond only outward actions. He shows the true purpose of the law.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. 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 Mt 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…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 5:28

• Adultery
• Chastity
• Commandments
• Continence
• Imagination
• Instruction
• Judaism
• Law
• Lust
• Religion
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Agree
• Communication
• Despitefully
• Enemy
• Fornication
• Forswear
• Gift
• Hunger
• Inherit
• Jot

Commentaries on Matthew 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings