Matthew 5:28

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but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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Jerusalem is not named in this verse; Jesus speaks during the Sermon on the Mount in Galilee. His teaching addresses the heart’s culpability before God, intensifying the command against adultery by identifying lustful intent, not merely outward acts

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Matthew 5:28 mentions Jerusalem.

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