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

27 “You have heard that it was said, [b] ‘You shall not commit adultery;’Exodus 20:14 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:26 literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow’s mites)—not enough to buy very much of anything.
  2. 5:27 TR adds “to the ancients”.

26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

Adultery

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’[a](A) 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:27 Exodus 20:14