Oneironaut, I look at woman with lust at times. BUT, I'm not a married man, so its not adultery, right? Sure, Jesus didn't specify, but I'm certain those hearing his words knew the definition of adultery. Do you really think, that Jesus would imply that a single man, not yet married, would be sinning if he thought about sex? That's just crazy, imo! Btw, stoning was an ancient practice, but certainly wasn't Gods law. I don't recall anywhere in the Bible where 'God' demanded adulterers to be stoned...wasn't that Moses? Certainly NOT in the ten commandments.

Love your enemy is a good rule of thumb if you ask me. It helps us erase the intolorant attitude we all possess. BUT, if I get struck a third time we're gonna roll!

Also, Jesus didn't say you had to be as righteous as the prophets. He said scribes and Pharisees. I think he refered to the pharisees as vipers:

Matthew 3:7

7. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

He also said that whosoever broke the least of the commandents, would be the least in the kindgdom. I assume that kingdom would be the 'kingdom of heaven', so what's your point?

I don't understand...