Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Ye have heard that it was said. The words х tois (G3588) archaiois (G744)] "by," or "to them of old time," in this verse are insufficiently supported, and probably were not in the original text.
Thou shalt not commit adultery. Interpreting this seventh commandment, as they did the sixth commandment the traditional perverters of the law restricted the breech of it to acts of criminal sexual intercourse between, or with, married persons exclusively. Our Lord now dissipates such delusions.