The Ten CommandmentsOut of curiosity, the Psalm11918.org team decided to create a list of the commandments that were given in the "New Testament" (or as we at Psalm11918.org refer to it, the Greek Scriptures). We started out with the specific goal of only identifying the Ten Commandments but expanded the scope to include any commandments. This particular article is focused on identifying the 10 Commandments that are reiterated and affirmed in the Greek Scriptures.

Although we normally use the NASB for our articles, we have used a revised KJV (e.g. replacing "thee" with "you" and "thine" with "yours") to comply with the publisher's copyright requirements.

The Commandments

The First Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:2-3

I am the LORD your G-d, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.

Deuteronomy 5:7

I am the LORD your G-d, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. You shall have none other gods before Me.

 

Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

Matthew 4:10

Then said Yeshua to him, "Go, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your G-d, and Him only shall you serve."

Luke 4:8

And Yeshua answered and said to him, "Get behind me, Satan: for it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your G-d, and Him only shall you serve."

 

The Second Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:4-6

You shall not make for yourself any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your G-d am a jealous G-d, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:8-10

You shall not make for yourself any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your G-d am a jealous G-d, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

 

Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

Acts 15:20

But that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

 

The Third Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:7

You shall not take the name of the LORD your G-d in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.

Deuteronomy 5:11

You shall not take the name of the LORD your G-d in vain: for the LORD will not hold guiltless [him] that takes His name in vain.

 

Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

1 Timothy 6:1

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of G-d and his doctrine not be blasphemed.

 

The Fourth Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:8-11

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you labor, and do all your work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your G-d: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day: therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and sanctified it.

Deuteronomy 5:12-15

Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your G-d hath commanded thee. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your G-d: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your ox, nor your ass, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates; that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as well as yourself. And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your G-d brought you out from there through a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your G-d commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

 

Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

Matthew 24:20

But pray that your flight is not in the winter, or on the Sabbath day

Mark 2:27-28

And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.

Hebrews 4:4

For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way, And G-d did rest the seventh day from all His works.

Hebrews 4:9-10

There remains therefore a rest for the people of G-d. For he that has entered into His rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as G-d did from his.

 

The Fifth Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your G-d gives you.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your G-d has commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your G-d gives you.

 

Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

Matthew 15:4

For G-d commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother": and, "He that curses father or mother, let him die the death."

Matthew 19:19

Honor your father and your mother: and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Mark 10:19

"You know the commandments, 'DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, Do not defraud, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.'"

Luke 18:20

"You know the commandments, 'DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.'"

Ephesians 6:1-3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor your father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

 

The Sixth Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:13

You shall not murder.

Deuteronomy 5:17

You shall not murder.

 

Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.

Romans 13:9

For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

 

The Seventh Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:14

You shall not commit adultery.

Deuteronomy 5:18

Neither shall you commit adultery.

 

Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you, That whoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, cause her to commit adultery: and whoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery.

Matthew 19:18

He said to him, "Which?" Yeshua said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

Romans 13:9

For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

 

The Eighth Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:15

You shall not steal.

Deuteronomy 5:19

Neither shall you steal.


Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

Matthew 19:18

He said to him, "Which?" Yeshua said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

Romans 13:9

For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

 

The Ninth Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 5:20

Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

 

Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.

Matthew 19:18

He said to him, "Which?" Yeshua said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

Romans 13:9

For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

 

The Tenth Commandment

Given in the Torah

Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbor's.

Deuteronomy 5:21

Neither shall you desire your neighbor's wife, neither shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is your neighbor's.

 

Repeated in the Greek Scriptures

Romans 13:9

For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

 

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