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30 People may excuse someone who steals food because he is hungry.[a] 31 But if someone catches him, he must pay back seven times what he took. He may lose everything that he has in his house.

32 But a man who sleeps with another man's wife is stupid. He is destroying his own life.

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  1. 6:30 To steal something means to take something that does not belong to you.

30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,(A)
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery(B) has no sense;(C)
    whoever does so destroys himself.

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