You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. The Works of Hannah More - Page 45by Hannah More - 1836Full view - About this book
| John Marks Ashley - 1873 - 360 pages
...it does not reprove. He forbade even sin in the thought much less in the act. " Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart." (S. Matt. v. 26.) If sin was by Him forbidden in thought, how much more so in word or deed... | |
| Joseph P. Smith - 1952 - 248 pages
...ankam to angam, so giving the version I have adopted. 880 Cf. Matt. 5. 28: whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. 281 Exod. 20. 13; and Matt. 5. 21. 882 Cf. Matt. 5. 22: whosoever is angry with his brother,... | |
| 1923 - 894 pages
...heart, so is he." There seems to be a literal acceptance of the words of Jesus, "He that looketh upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart." Penance must follow such thoughts. The other sections lay down the extent of the penance to... | |
| Paschal B. Randolph - 1959 - 166 pages
...virtue of a great and mighty law. Kast thou not heard the law laid down, by the sufferer of Calvary, "Whoso looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery in his heart," and must pay the penalty therefor? And thinkest thou that this is the only application... | |
| Nancy Niblack Baxter - 1987 - 540 pages
...leather purse, shutting out the Christian world. What was it the scriptures said, "He that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart." So, the sin was already done, in a way, and he would atone for it later. He could forget about... | |
| Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton - 1995 - 446 pages
...Stromateis 3.7.57-58. There is scriptural basis for this concern with desire: "Whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:28). The same principle would surely apply to the lust for a boy or man. 23. Jerome,... | |
| Arthur Edward Waite - 1996 - 400 pages
...book. May it help in the cause of the holy work ! XII.— WITCHCRAFT AND SPELLS. " WHOSOEVER looketh on a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart," said the Great Master. What we desire persistently we perform. Every true will is confirmed... | |
| Gipsy Petulengro - 1996 - 138 pages
...virtue of a great and mighty law. Hast thou not heard the law laid down, by the sufferer of Calvary, 'Whoso looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery in his heart,1 and must pay the penalty therefor? And thinkest thou that this is the only application... | |
| Benedict Baur - 1997 - 228 pages
...whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. . . . Swear not at all, but let your speech be Yea, yea, no, no . . . , love your enemies, do... | |
| Willoughby C. Allen - 2000 - 468 pages
...angry with his brother shall be liable to the judgment." " I say unto you, That every one who looked on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart." " I say to you, Resist not the evil one." " I say to you, Love your enemies." None of these... | |
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