Matthew 15.19,20
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, [Thou shalt not covet]
murders, [Thou shalt not kill]
adulteries, fornications, [Thou shalt not commit adultery]
thefts, [Thou shalt not steal]
false witness, [Thou shalt not bear false witness]
blasphemies: [Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain]
These are the things which defile a man..

1. Thou shalt have no other God's before me.--	Jesus speaks in Revelation: Revelation 22.13-14 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Matthew 22:37 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." Matt. 6.24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matt. 6.33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness In another place Jesus points a young man to the ten commandments as God's law, listing the "love your neighbor" ones. Luke 18.20 You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. The young man replies that he kept them all, but Jesus knows the first commandment is being broken. Money is the the young man's god. Sell your things and follow Me, Jesus says. But the young man turned away. The Greatest commandment is: Matthew 22.37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 22.38 This is the first and great commandment.
2. That shalt not make for yourselves any graven images 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: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.	Matthew 4:10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. John 4:23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers. Matt. 6.19-21 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Mark 10:24-25 Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Luke 12.19-22,31 [The rich man whose barns are full] Says to his soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, You are a fool, for this night your soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which you hast provided? That's how it is with the one that stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. And he [Jesus] said to his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Don't focus on preserving your life, on whether you'll have enough to eat; or whether you will be able to dress up the body.... But rather seek the kingdom of God, and He will supply what you need. Many people think that they have God when they have an abundance of money and possessions; they trust in them and feel secure. Yet what is their god? Mammon is what Christ calls it, i.e., money and possessions, on which they set their hearts. This is the most common idol on earth, one which Christ continually warns against. Education, power, favored friendship, and prestige is also another god people bow too. Yet all who look to these things for their security and meaning in life, place their heart and trust elsewhere than in the true God, they look to these things rather than looking to God and seeking from Him all that gives meaning for life. Reading Christ's words shows how much these first two commandments require, namely, that a persons' entire heart and all his confidence be placed in God alone, and in nothing else. Anything less is idolatry.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.	Matthew 6:9 Our Father in heaven hallowed (holy), be your name When we take Christ's Name upon ourselves and call ourselves Christians, we either allow Christ to show Himself through us, or we take His name in vain. Matt. 5.16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. John 13.35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. Matt. 6.46-47 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like: [a man who built on solid rock] Matt. 5.34, 37 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne...let your yes, be yes, and your no, be no.
4. REMEMBER the Sabbath day to keep it holy, six days you shall labor and do all your work but the SEVENTH-DAY is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.	God's original law is upper most in Jesus teachings, as He lifts it out from under the corruption which had distorted it. Christ establishes the human and universal value of the Sabbath by reverting back to its very origin, to creation. The verb "made-ginornai" alludes to the original "making" of the Sabbath. The word for "man" "anthropos" shows the Sabbath at creation was not made for God's benefit, but for man. Jesus also shows the Sabbath is to ensure physical and spiritual well-being, and is not to be a rule dominated drudgery. Mark 2.27-28 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made [created] for man [not just Jews, but for mankind], and man was not made [created] for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. Luke 4:16 As his custom was, he [Jesus] went into the synagogue on the sabbath day Matthew 12.11-12 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Jesus, prophecying concerning the fall of Jerusalem and also of end of the world issues, states: Matthew 24.20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: Christ invited people to His rest on a Sabbath day. Matthew 11.28-30 Matthew 12.1-3 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred... The invitation in the text above is in the immediate context of two Sabbath episodes (chapter 12). On the Sabbath they ate-- corn from the field. Jesus justifies their actions by refering to the temple bread. The connection suggests that Christ the bread of life, is very much part of the Sabbath, and as we come apart to rest with Him on the Sabbath He feeds us with spiritual food. The following text in Mark is not specifically about the Sabbath but Jesus recognizes the need which we as human beings have, to literally physically come apart from the routines of life and rest. Mark 6.31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. Again we see the connection of "resting" and "eating", being renewed physically and spiritually. All through the NT, Christ upholds the Sabbath as a day of restoration, a day to reach out in helpful acts, to others.
5. Honor Your Father and Mother that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.	Matthew 15:4-9 Jesus answered, "And why do you disobey God's command and follow your own teaching? For God said, "Honour your father and your mother,' and "Whoever curses his father or his mother is to be put to death.' But you teach that if a person has something he could use to help his father or mother, but says, "This belongs to God,' he does not need to honor his father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching. You hypocrites! How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you! "These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me. It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach man-made rules as though they were my laws!"
6. You will not kill.	Jesus points us back to the first violator of this commandment. John 8.44 ...the devil...He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Jesus also explains the full meaning of the command. Matt. 5.21-24 You have heard that it told them long ago, Thou shalt not kill; and who ever kills would be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, you worthless fellow, shall be in danger of the council: but who ever shall say, you fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if you bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that your brother hath ought against thee; 5.24 Leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5.43,44 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Matthew 26:52 [Jesus said] All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
7. You will not commit adultery.	Here again we see Jesus pointing back to the original law of God as it was introduced in Eden, while He reproves the corruption of this commandment which had occured under Jewish regulations. Matthew 19.8,9 He [Jesus] said to them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery: and who marrys her which is put away commits adultery. Matthew 19.4-6 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matthew 5.8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Matthew 5: 27- "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:32 But now I tell you: if a man divorces his wife for any cause other than her unfaithfulness, then he is guilty of making her commit adultery if she marries again; and the man who marries her commits adultery also. Mark 10:11 He said to them, "A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife. 12 In the same way, a woman who divorces her husband and marries another man commits adultery."
8. You will not steal.	Christ contrasts His mission as being the very opposite of a thief. John 10.10 The thief comes only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. All through the teachings of Jesus we see the concept of GIVING to others in sharp contrast to the natural grasping, get for myself, tendencies of the carnal nature. To steal is the very opposite of the concept of giving which Christ teaches.
9. You will not bear false witness against they neighbor.	Jesus points us back to the first violator of this commandment. John 8.44 ...the devil...there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Jesus also explains the full meaning of the command. Matthew 12.34-37 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. The saddest defiance against this commandment was manifested against the Son of God Himself. Matthew 26.59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; Mark 14.56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying....
10. You will not covet your neighbor's house, you will not covet your neighor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his oxen, nor his donkeys, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.	Luke 12:15 Jesus said to them... "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of covetousness; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Matthew 6:25 Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, or what you will wear.

Jesus said,
John 14.15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
14.21 He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
14.23 If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
14.24 He that does not love me does not keep my sayings:

The Commandments according to the Apostles

Romans 13.9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery,
Thou shalt not kill,
Thou shalt not steal,
Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Thou shalt not covet;
and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.--	1 Cor. 8.5-6 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many, But to us there is but one God Acts 14:15 Barnabas and Paul.. crying out...'turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein. Ephesians 3:14-19 I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named...that you may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fulness of God.
2. That shalt not make for yourselves any graven images 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: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.	I Corinthians 10:14-15 Therefore my dear friends, flee from idolatry. I John 5:21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols Acts 17:24,29 Paul stood up and said..."God who made the world and all things therein, is Lord of heaven and earth, ...For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device." 1 Cor. 6.9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters...shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. 10.7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 1 Cor. 10.19-20 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Gal. 5.20-21 Idolatry, ...as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.	Revelation 15.4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: 1 Timothy 6:1 .. that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. Romans 2.23 "Even though you boast of the law, it is your breaking of the law that dishonours God. For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you." Yes by claiming to be God's people yet not living the righteous life we take God's name in vain and dishonor Him. 1 John 5.2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1 John 2.6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
4. REMEMBER the Sabbath day to keep it holy, six days you shall labor and do all your work but the SEVENTH-DAY is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.	Did you notice how many times Paul tells people to worship the GOD WHO CREATED the heavens and the earth? Acts 14:15; 17:25; In this we see the protection the Sabbath (if properly understood) gives against idol worship. For the Sabbath is a memorial of the seven day creation week when God created our world. To ignore the Sabbath, makes it easy to deny the seven-day creation week, and special creation, and opens the door to worshipping the created rather than the CREATOR. Notice Paul's example concerning the Sabbath. Acts 13.42,44,45 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles requested that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy Acts 16.13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where it was reported that people gathered for prayer; and we sat down, Acts 17.2-4 And Paul, as his manner was, went to the synogogue, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs of suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. Acts 18.3,4 And because he was of the same craft, he stayed with them, (Aquilla and Priscilla) and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. And every Sabbath he went to the synagogue, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Here we clearly see Paul working-- making tents during the week but on Sabbath he goes to worship-- even when there IS NO SYNOGOGUE, and he has to find a small group worshipping by the river. Hebs. 4:4, 9 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.... Therefore a Sabbath Rest Remains for the people of God. The author of Hebrews makes it plain that the Sabbath continues. The verb "remains" is "(apoleipetai) which literally means "has been left." The Greek word translated "rest" in every other passage throughout Hebrews 3 and 4 is "katapausis." The word for "rest" in Hebrews 4:9 is (sabbatismos). The term (sabbatismos) is seen in the writings of Plutarch, Justin, Epiphanius, and others, and each time the term denotes the observance of the Sabbath. Therefore the text is saying, that Sabbath obsevance remains for the people of God. In the same way that Jesus taught the sixth and seventh commandment reaches into the very motives and purposes of the heart, so Hebrews shows that Sabbath keeping means much more than simply refraining from work-- BUT Sabbath observance remains.
5. Honor Your Father and Mother that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.	Ephesians 6.1-4 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Colossians 3: 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 1 Timothy 5.4 But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to make some return to their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
6. You will not kill.	I John 3: 15 Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. 1 John 2.9-11 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. 1 John 4.20-21 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. Galatians 5:19 ...hatred, discord, fits of rage, dissensions, factions...those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Ephesians 4.31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: Revelation 21:8 ...Murderers...their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
7. You will not commit adultery.	Hebrews 13: 4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral 1 Cor. 6.18 Flee fornication. 1 Cor. 5.9 I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people 1 Cor. 6:9-10 Do you not know that....the sexually immoral nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexual offenders...will inherit the kingdom of God. 2 Tim. 2.22 Flee also youthful lusts: and follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 1 Peter 1.13-15 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 2 Cor. 10:5 bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
8. You will not steal.	Ephesians 4.28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 1 Cor. 6:10 .."neither theives ...nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.." Acts 20:35 It is more blessed to give than to receive.
9. You will not bear false witness against they neighbor.	Ephesians 4: 25 Therefore each of you must put away lying and speak truthfully to his neighbor, Ephesians 4.29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, Ephesians 4:31 Let all ....evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 1 Peter 2.1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envying and all evil speakings 1 Tim. 5:13-15 They learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. ...turned aside after Satan.
10. You will not covet your neighbor's house, you will not covet your neighor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his oxen, nor his donkeys, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.	Ephesians 5:5, "For this you know, that no immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God." 1 Timothy 6.8-9 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

The Principles of Love in the Commandments

As we have seen, God's moral law is eternal, it was there long before Sinai, nor did it "fade away" after the cross along with the ceremonial laws.

Yet some will say this moral law is abolished and replaced by a new law of love. We must ask ourselves, is the above law in opposition to love? No, never! It is the law of love, love God supremely and love others every bit as much as yourself. This concept is woven all through the Bible as well. God's laws were always rooted and grounded in the principles of LOVE.