English Standard Version

Matthew 5:26-33 English Standard Version (ESV)

26. Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.

27. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

28. But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.

30. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.

31. “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

32. But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

33. “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’