Matthew 5:28
Douay-Rheims
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.
Augustine of Hippo
(cont. Faust. xix. 23.) He then goes on to correct the error of the Pharisees, declaring, Whoso looketh upon a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery already with her in his heart. For the commandment of the Law, Thou shall not lust after thy neighbour’s wife, (Exod. 20:17.) the Jews understood of taking her away, not of committing adultery with her.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:27-28
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.