26 Truly, I say to you, (A)you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.[a]

Lust

27 (B)“You have heard that it was said, (C)‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that (D)everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:26 Greek kodrantes, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

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