King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 5:27
“‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:›”
Verse in context — Matthew 5
‹Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.›
‹Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.›
‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:›
‹But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.›
‹And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.›
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