Word For The Day Matthew 5:27-28 (KJV)

27 Ye have hear that it was said by them of old time, Thous shalt not commit adultery.

28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

COMMENTARY: Thou shalt not commit adultery was the demand of the Old Testament Law (Ex. 20:14), Jesus goes beyond this outward command to reveal that its act is the result of an inner attitude of lust. Whosoever looketh characterizes the man whose glance is not checked by holy restraint and results in an impure lusting after women. The act would follow if the opportunity were to occur. By taking His listener beyond the outward statement of the law to real intention, Jesus was trying to get the listener's attention off the physical and onto the spiritual.