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Matthew 19:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’ "

Matthew 19:18

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16 Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

17 He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

18 He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

19 ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

20 The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”

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Luke 18:20

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"You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”"

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Mark 10:19

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"You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”"

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Leviticus 19:11

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"“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another."

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Romans 13:9

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"For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”"

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James 2:11

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"For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law."

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Matthew 5:27

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"“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’"

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Matthew 19:1

"When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan."

Matthew 19:2

"Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there."

Matthew 19:3

"Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”"

Matthew 19:4

"He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,"

Matthew 19:5

"and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?"

Matthew 19:6

"So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”"

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