Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:27 JFB -> Commentary on 5:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:27 PNT -> Commentary on 5:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:27 TFG -> Commentary on 5:27 TSK -> Commentary on 5:27 TSK -> Entry for 5:27 WEN -> Notes on 5:27 NTB -> Adultery; Commandments; Continence; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Wicked (People) WJD -> Devotional using 5:27 WJD -> Devotional using 5:27 5:27 - [In Context] "You have heard that it was said, 'Don't do the sin of adultery.' F65
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:28 JFB -> Commentary on 5:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:28 PNT -> Commentary on 5:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:28 TFG -> Commentary on 5:28 TSK -> Commentary on 5:28 TSK -> Entry for 5:28 WEN -> Notes on 5:28 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Commandments; Continence; Imagination; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Lust; Religion; Sin; Wicked (People) TTT -> Chastity; Commandments, The Ten; Law of God, The TV -> Devotional using 5:28 WJD -> Devotional using 5:28 WJD -> Devotional using 5:28 TV -> Devotional using 5:28 5:28 - [In Context] But I tell you that if a person looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, then that person has already done that sin with the woman in his mind.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:29 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:29 JFB -> Commentary on 5:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:29 PNT -> Commentary on 5:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:29 TFG -> Commentary on 5:29 TSK -> Commentary on 5:29 TSK -> Entry for 5:29 WEN -> Notes on 5:29 NTB -> Commandments; Eye; Hell; Holiness; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Religion; Self-Denial; Wicked (People) TTT -> Hell; Offence; Punishment of the Wicked, The EBD -> Gehenna SBD -> Hinnom WJD -> Devotional using 5:29 WJD -> Devotional using 5:29 5:29 - [In Context] If your right eye makes you sin, then take it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:30 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:30 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:30 JFB -> Commentary on 5:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:30 PNT -> Commentary on 5:30 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:30 TFG -> Commentary on 5:30 TSK -> Commentary on 5:30 TSK -> Entry for 5:30 WEN -> Notes on 5:30 NTB -> Commandments; Hand; Hell; Holiness; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Religion; Self-Denial; Wicked (People) TTT -> Hands, The; Offence EBD -> Gehenna UTM -> Devotional using 5:30 WJD -> Devotional using 5:30 WJD -> Devotional using 5:30 5:30 - [In Context] If your right hand makes you sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:31 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:31 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:31 JFB -> Commentary on 5:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:31 PNT -> Commentary on 5:31 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:31 TFG -> Commentary on 5:31 TSK -> Commentary on 5:31 TSK -> Entry for 5:31 WEN -> Notes on 5:31 NTB -> Commandments; Divorce; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Marriage; Quotations And Allusions; Religion TTT -> Divorce EBD -> Divorce SBD -> Divorce WJD -> Devotional using 5:31 WJD -> Devotional using 5:31 5:31 - [In Context] "It was also said, 'Any person that divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.' F66
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:32 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:32 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:32 JFB -> Commentary on 5:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:32 PNT -> Commentary on 5:32 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:32 TFG -> Commentary on 5:32 TSK -> Commentary on 5:32 TSK -> Entry for 5:32 WEN -> Notes on 5:32 NTB -> Adultery; Commandments; Divorce; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Marriage; Religion TTT -> Divorce EBD -> Divorce SBD -> Marriage WJD -> Devotional using 5:32 WJD -> Devotional using 5:32 5:32 - [In Context] But I tell you that any person that divorces his wife is causing his wife to be guilty of the sin of adultery. F67 The only reason for a person to divorce his wife is if his wife had sexual relations with another man. And any person that marries that divorced woman is guilty of the sin of adultery.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:33 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:33 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:33 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:33 JFB -> Commentary on 5:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:33 PNT -> Commentary on 5:33 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:33 TFG -> Commentary on 5:33 TSK -> Commentary on 5:33 TSK -> Entry for 5:33 WEN -> Notes on 5:33 NTB -> Commandments; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Oath; Perjury; Quotations And Allusions; Religion TTT -> Swearing Falsely WJD -> Devotional using 5:33 WJD -> Devotional using 5:33 5:33 - [In Context] "You have heard that it was said to our people long ago, 'When you make a vow F68 (promise), don't break that promise. Keep the vows (promises) that you make to the Lord.' F69
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:34 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:34 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:34 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:34 JFB -> Commentary on 5:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:34 PNT -> Commentary on 5:34 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:34 TFG -> Commentary on 5:34 TSK -> Commentary on 5:34 TSK -> Entry for 5:34 WEN -> Notes on 5:34 NTB -> Commandments; Heaven; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Oath; Religion; Throne TTT -> Oaths; Swearing, Profane EBD -> Oath WJD -> Devotional using 5:34 WJD -> Devotional using 5:34 5:34 - [In Context] But I tell you, never make a vow. Don't make a vow using the name of heaven, because heaven is God's throne.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:35 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:35 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:35 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:35 JFB -> Commentary on 5:35 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:35 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:35 PNT -> Commentary on 5:35 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:35 TFG -> Commentary on 5:35 TSK -> Commentary on 5:35 TSK -> Entry for 5:35 WEN -> Notes on 5:35 NTB -> Commandments; Instruction; Jerusalem; Judaism; Law; Oath; Religion; Stool TTT -> Earth, The; Oaths; Swearing, Profane EBD -> Footstool WJD -> Devotional using 5:35 WJD -> Devotional using 5:35 5:35 - [In Context] Don't make a vow using the name of the earth, because the earth belongs to God. Don't make a vow using the name of Jerusalem, because that is the city of the great King (God).
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 5:36 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:36 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:36 JFB -> Commentary on 5:36 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:36 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:36 PNT -> Commentary on 5:36 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:36 TFG -> Commentary on 5:36 TSK -> Commentary on 5:36 TSK -> Entry for 5:36 WEN -> Notes on 5:36 NTB -> Commandments; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Oath; Religion TTT -> Hair, The; Head; Oaths; Swearing, Profane SBD -> Hair WJD -> Devotional using 5:36 WJD -> Devotional using 5:36 5:36 - [In Context] And don't even say that your own head is proof that you will keep your vow. You cannot make one hair on your head become white or black.
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 5:37 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:37 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:37 JFB -> Commentary on 5:37 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:37 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:37 PNT -> Commentary on 5:37 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:37 TFG -> Commentary on 5:37 TSK -> Commentary on 5:37 TSK -> Entry for 5:37 WEN -> Notes on 5:37 NTB -> Commandments; Conversation; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Oath; Religion; Speaking EBD -> Oath WJD -> Devotional using 5:37 WJD -> Devotional using 5:37 5:37 - [In Context] Say only 'yes' if you mean yes, and say only 'no' if you mean no. If you must say more than 'yes' or 'no,' it is from the Evil One (the devil).
FOOTNOTES: F65: 'Don't … adultery'   Quote from Ex. 20:14; Deut. 5:18. F66: 'Any person … divorce'   Quote from Deut. 24:1. F67: adultery   Breaking a marriage promise by sexual sin. F68: vow   A very strong promise that a person makes, often using the name of something important. F69: 'When … Lord'   See Lev. 19:12; Num. 30:2; Deut. 23:21.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.