<P> Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world . But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content . But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction . For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils . It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs . </P> <P> The Catholic Church considers the prohibition on coveting in Deuteronomy 5: 21 and Exodus 20: 17 to include two commandments, which are numbered the ninth and tenth . In the Catholic view, the ninth commandment is a prohibition on carnal concupiscence (or lust), and the tenth commandment prohibits greed and the setting of one's heart on material possessions . </P> <P> The ninth commandment forbids "the interior, mental desire or plan" to do adultery, which is strictly forbidden by the sixth commandment . It is considered sinful when desired or thought lustfully and deliberately with "full knowledge and full consent of the will". </P> <P> A key point in the Catholic understanding of the ninth commandment is Jesus' statement in the Sermon on the Mount, "Every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart ." In Theology of the Body, Pope John Paul II says that Jesus forbids one to commit adultery in the heart not only with another's spouse, but also with his / her own spouse when one looks at him / her lustfully or treats him / her "only as an object to satisfy instinct". There is an emphasis on the thoughts and attitudes of the heart as well as the promise that the pure in heart will both see God and be like him . </P>

What does the commandment you shall not covet your neighbor's wife mean