Matthew 5:28

Good News Translation

But now I tell you: anyone who looks at a woman and wants to possess her is guilty of committing adultery with her in his heart.

Cross References

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her, he took her and raped her.

2 Samuel 11:2

One day, late in the afternoon, David got up from his nap and went to the palace roof. As he walked around up there, he saw a woman taking a bath in her house. She was very beautiful.

Job 31:1

I have made a solemn promise never to look with lust at a woman.

Job 31:9

If I have been attracted to my neighbor's wife, and waited, hidden, outside her door,

Psalm 119:96

I have learned that everything has limits; but your commandment is perfect.

Exodus 20:17

“Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.”

Proverbs 6:25

Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes.

Ezekiel 23:16

As soon as she saw them, she was filled with lust and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.

Leviticus 18:20

Do not have intercourse with another man's wife; that would make you ritually unclean.

Matthew 15:19

For from your heart come the evil ideas which lead you to kill, commit adultery, and do other immoral things; to rob, lie, and slander others.

Matthew 5:22

But now I tell you: if you are angry with your brother you will be brought to trial, if you call your brother ‘You good-for-nothing!’ you will be brought before the Council, and if you call your brother a worthless fool you will be in danger of going to the fire of hell.

Matthew 5:39

But now I tell you: do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too.

Romans 7:14

We know that the Law is spiritual; but I am a mortal, sold as a slave to sin.

Deuteronomy 22:22

“If a man is caught having intercourse with another man's wife, both of them are to be put to death. In this way you will get rid of this evil.

2 Peter 2:14

They want to look for nothing but the chance to commit adultery; their appetite for sin is never satisfied. They lead weak people into a trap. Their hearts are trained to be greedy. They are under God's curse!

1 John 2:16

Everything that belongs to the world—what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of—none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.