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# But I say to you
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See how you translated this in Matthew 5:22.
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# everyone who looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart
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This teaches that a man who lusts after a woman is as guilty of adultery as a man who actually commits the act of adultery.
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# to lust after her
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“and lusts after her” or “and desires to sleep with her”
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# in his heart
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Here “heart” is used to refer to a person’s thoughts. Alternate translation: “in his mind” or “in his thoughts”
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