Bible verse
You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
Matthew 5:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 5.
23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
24 leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
25 Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
27 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
31 It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
KJV
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
ASV
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery :
ERV
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
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