27 (A)You have heard that it was said, ‘(B)You shall not commit adultery’; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman (C)with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 Now (D)if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, [a]than for your whole body to be thrown into [b](E)hell. 30 And (F)if your right hand is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you [c]to lose one of the parts of your body, [d]than for your whole body to go into [e](G)hell.

31 “Now it was said, ‘(H)Whoever sends his wife away is to give her a certificate of divorce’; 32 (I)but I say to you that everyone who [f]divorces his wife, except for the reason of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a [g]divorced woman commits adultery.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:29 Lit and that your whole body not be
  2. Matthew 5:29 Gr Gehenna
  3. Matthew 5:30 Lit that one...be lost
  4. Matthew 5:30 Lit and not your whole body
  5. Matthew 5:30 Gr Gehenna
  6. Matthew 5:32 Lit sends away, the Heb term for divorce
  7. Matthew 5:32 Lit woman sent away

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