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Matthew 5:28

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

Verse in context โ€” Matthew 5

26

Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.

27

You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;

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.

30

If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, 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.

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