Matthew 5:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Deut 5:18 : 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Exod 20:14 : 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Deut 22:22-24 : 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel. 23 If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them to death with stones; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.
Matt 5:21 : 21 Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Prov 6:32 : 32 He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
Lev 20:10 : 10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Matt 5:28-29
2 verses
89%
28but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
Deut 5:17-21
5 verses
84%
17Thou shalt not kill.
18Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
19Neither shalt thou steal.
20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
21Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's.
Exod 20:13-17
5 verses
82%
13Thou shalt not kill.
14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15Thou shalt not steal.
16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
Matt 5:31-33
3 verses
79%
31It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
32but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
33Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Jas 2:11
77%
11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Matt 5:21
77%
21Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Rom 2:22
77%
22thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples?
Prov 6:25
75%
25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Matt 19:18
75%
18He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Mark 10:11-12
2 verses
74%
11And he saith unto them, Whosoever {G1437} shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
12and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
Lev 20:10
74%
10And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Num 5:11-13
3 verses
74%
11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
13and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;
Matt 5:38
73%
38Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Lev 18:20
73%
20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.
Prov 6:32
73%
32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
Mark 10:19
73%
19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.
Luke 18:20
73%
20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and {G4675} mother.
John 8:3-5
3 verses
73%
3And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst,
4they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.
5Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?
Matt 19:9
73%
9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.
Prov 6:29
73%
29So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
Matt 5:26
72%
26Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.
Luke 16:18
72%
18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.
Num 5:20
72%
20But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:
Num 5:29
72%
29This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;
Ezek 16:32
71%
32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Rom 13:9
71%
9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Deut 5:7
71%
7Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Deut 28:30
70%
30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.
Matt 19:4
70%
4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,
Ps 50:18
70%
18When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.
Matt 5:43
70%
43Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:
John 4:18
69%
18for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly.
Prov 5:8
69%
8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
Heb 13:4
69%
4[None Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.