Matthew 5:27
"You have heard that it was said, {TR adds "to the ancients,"} 'You shall not commit adultery;'
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 5:18 : 18 "Neither shall you commit adultery.
- Exod 20:14 : 14 "You shall not commit adultery.
- Deut 22:22-24 : 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away the evil from Israel. 23 If there be a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
- Matt 5:21 : 21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'
- Prov 6:32 : 32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
- Lev 20:10 : 10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Matt 5:28-292 verses89%
28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
- Deut 5:17-215 verses84%
17 "You shall not murder.
18 "Neither shall you commit adultery.
19 "Neither shall you steal.
20 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.
21 "Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
- Exod 20:13-175 verses82%
13 "You shall not murder.
14 "You shall not commit adultery.
15 "You shall not steal.
16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."
- Matt 5:31-333 verses79%
31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'
32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
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11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
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21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'
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22 You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
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25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
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18 He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'
- Mark 10:11-122 verses74%
11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
12 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."
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10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
- Num 5:11-133 verses74%
11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
12 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,
13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;
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38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'
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20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
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32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
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19 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"
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20 You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'"
- John 8:3-53 verses73%
3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,
4 they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"
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9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."
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29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
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26 Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.{Literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of anything.}
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18 Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
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20 But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:'
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29 "This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled;
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32 A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!
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9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet,"{TR adds "You shall not give false testimony,"} and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
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7 You shall have no other gods before me.
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30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.
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4 He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
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18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have participated with adulterers.
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43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'
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18 for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly."
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8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
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4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.