Matthew Chapter 5, Verse 27

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27: ηκουσατε οτι ερρεθη τοις αρχαιοις ου μοιχευσειςâ€” edit Textus Receptus
27: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:- edit KJV text
27: You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery.â€” edit Douay text

Ye have heard - Thou shalt not commit adultery. Jesus in these verses explains the seventh commandment. It is probable that the Pharisees had explained this commandment as they had the sixth, as extending only to the external act; and that they regarded evil thoughts and a wanton imagination as of little consequence, or as not forbidden by the law. Jesus assures them that the commandment did not regard the external act merely, but the secrets of the heart, and the movements of the eye. That they who indulged a wanton desire; that they who looked on a woman to increase their lust, have already, in the sight of God, violated the commandment, and committed adultery in the heart. Such was the guilt of David, whose deep and awful crime fully shows the danger of indulging in evil desires, and in the rovings of a wanton eye. See 2 Sam 11:1ff Ps 51¹ff. See also 2 Pet 2:14.