Matthew 5:27
Greek Text— Matthew 5:27“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’
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Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What then do you say about her?”
“You shall not murder.
“You shall not commit adultery.
“You shall not murder.
“You shall not commit adultery.
If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel.
For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
“ ‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
When you vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
“ ‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.
and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and this is kept concealed, and she is defiled, there is no witness against her, and she isn’t taken in the act;
in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;
I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.
If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:
The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.’ ”
Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
You shall observe and do that which has gone out of your lips. Whatever you have vowed to Yahweh your God as a free will offering, which you have promised with your mouth, you must do.
“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
Righteous men will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!”
About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
“ ‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
“ ‘But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, blasphemes Yahweh. That soul shall be cut off from among his people.
The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
Her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him and a couple of donkeys. She brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.
They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:
and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity,
Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. Another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.
Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;’ and so they settled a matter.
“Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’