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13 You shall not kill.[a](A)

14 You shall not commit adultery.(B)

15 You shall not steal.(C)

16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.(D)

17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.(E)

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  1. 20:13 Kill: as frequent instances of killing in the context of war or certain crimes (see vv. 12–18) demonstrate in the Old Testament, not all killing comes within the scope of the commandment. For this reason, the Hebrew verb translated here as “kill” is often understood as “murder,” although it is in fact used in the Old Testament at times for unintentional acts of killing (e.g., Dt 4:41; Jos 20:3) and for legally sanctioned killing (Nm 35:30). The term may originally have designated any killing of another Israelite, including acts of manslaughter, for which the victim’s kin could exact vengeance. In the present context, it denotes the killing of one Israelite by another, motivated by hatred or the like (Nm 35:20; cf. Hos 6:9).

13 “You shall not murder.(A)

14 “You shall not commit adultery.(B)

15 “You shall not steal.(C)

16 “You shall not give false testimony(D) against your neighbor.(E)

17 “You shall not covet(F) your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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18 Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.(A)

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18 “‘Do not seek revenge(A) or bear a grudge(B) against anyone among your people,(C) but love your neighbor(D) as yourself.(E) I am the Lord.

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17 “You shall not murder.(A)

18 “You shall not commit adultery.(B)

19 “You shall not steal.(C)

20 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.(D)

21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(E)

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43 (A)“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’(B) 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

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Love for Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a](A) and hate your enemy.’(B) 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,(C)

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  1. Matthew 5:43 Lev. 19:18

18 [a](A)He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, “ ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; 19 honor your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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  1. 19:18–19 The first five commandments cited are from the Decalogue (see Ex 20:12–16; Dt 5:16–20). Matthew omits Mark’s “you shall not defraud” (Mk 10:19; see Dt 24:14) and adds Lv 19:18. This combination of commandments of the Decalogue with Lv 19:18 is partially the same as Paul’s enumeration of the demands of Christian morality in Rom 13:9.

18 “Which ones?” he inquired.

Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery,(A) you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, 19 honor your father and mother,’[a](B) and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’[b](C)

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  1. Matthew 19:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20
  2. Matthew 19:19 Lev. 19:18

39 (A)The second is like it:[a] You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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  1. 22:39 Jesus goes beyond the extent of the question put to him and joins to the greatest and the first commandment a second, that of love of neighbor, Lv 19:18; see note on Mt 19:18–19. This combination of the two commandments may already have been made in Judaism.

39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18

31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”(A)

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31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[a](A) There is no commandment greater than these.”

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  1. Mark 12:31 Lev. 19:18

27 He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”(A)

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27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a];(A) and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b](B)

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  1. Luke 10:27 Deut. 6:5
  2. Luke 10:27 Lev. 19:18

14 For the whole law(A) is fulfilled in one statement, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”[a]

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  1. 5:14 Lv 19:18, emphasized by Jesus (Mt 22:39; Lk 10:27); cf. Rom 13:8–10.

14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18

However, if you fulfill the royal[a] law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.(A)

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  1. 2:8 Royal: literally, “kingly”; because the Mosaic law came from God, the universal king. There may be an allusion to Jesus’ uses of this commandment in his preaching of the kingdom of God (Mt 22:39; Mk 12:31; Lk 10:27).

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a](A) you are doing right.

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  1. James 2:8 Lev. 19:18