Matthew 5:27-30

Lust

27 h "You have heard that it was said, i 'You shall not commit adultery.' 28 But I say to you that j everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 k If your right eye l causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into m hell. 30 k And if your right hand l causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into m hell.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 5:21
    "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 20:14
    You shall not commit adultery.
    Deuteronomy 5:18
    'And you shall not commit adultery.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 20:14
    You shall not commit adultery.
    Deuteronomy 5:18
    And you shall not commit adultery.
  4. Cross References
    Job 31:1
    I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?
    Proverbs 6:25
    Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes.
    2 Samuel 11:2
    It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 18:8 - 9
    And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.
    Mark 9:43 - 48
    And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 13:41
    The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers.
    Luke 17:1
    And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 10:28
    And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
    Matthew 23:15
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
    Matthew 23:33
    You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
    Luke 12:5
    But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
    Matthew 5:22
    But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 5:29
    If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 5:29
    If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 5:29
    If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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