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NASB	Matthew 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Matthew 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who [so much as] looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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Bible Question: dose the bible say masterbating is wrong

Bible Answer: Hi, partyboy971!

Some times we find it difficult to search the Bible because we desire to find a very specific language and a very exact statement on every single thought that we may have... Perhaps it is our humanity (the flesh) that compels us to look for escape clauses that we might be tempted to use as a built-in excuse... but God will not be swayed nor deceived by our arguments:

Don't delude yourself: God is not to be fooled; whatever someone sows, that is what he will reap. If his sowing is in the field of self-indulgeance, then his harvest from it will be corruption; if his sowing is in the Spirit, then his harvest from the Spirit will be eternal life. (Galatians 6:7-8)

So, though we may convince ourselves otherwise, only the Word of God will be the basis for our judgment:

You have heard how it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say this to you, if a man looks at a woman lustfully, he has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye should be your downfall, tear it out and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand should be your downfall, cut it off and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body go to hell. (Matthew 5:27-30)

Still, many would object that the above Scripture does not mention the word masturbation... I have a composite word for them: tunnel-vision!

Jesus was very specific: if we act in our thoughts we sin--the seed of sin does not have to come to physical fruition in order to damage us!

He was also exact in that what causes us to sin should be cast away from us--no don't read into this that Jesus commanded that there should be a fellowship of self-mutilated servants... He is demanding that we put away or remove from our bodies that which causes us to sin!

He is adamant about how we are to use our members (body parts): not in the service of sin but in the service of Christ!

God Bless!

Angel