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 Living Translation (NLT)But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Context of Matthew 5:28

26Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny. 27“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast 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 say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.
• Matthew 7:28And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,
• Genesis 34:2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.
• Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”
• Exodus 20:17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
• 2 Samuel 11:2Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.
• Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?
• Proverbs 6:25Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
• James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
• 2 Peter 2:14having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children.
• 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
• Psalms 119:96I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
• Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

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
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• Enemy
• Fornication
• Forswear
• Gift
• Hunger
• Inherit
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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