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Ten Commandments:

The Ten Commandments are listed in Exodus 20:3-23 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21.  Interestingly, neither of these passages calls this list the "Ten Commandments" (although the phrase is used in Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 4:13, and Deuteronomy 10:4).  The Ten Commandments are:

 1) Do not have any other gods.

 2) Do not worship idols (“other gods”)

 3) Do not use God’s name wrongly.

 4) Keep the Sabbath day holy.

 5) Honor your parents (there is a promise of blessing if we do)

 6) Do not murder

 7) Do not commit adultery

 8) Do not steal

 9) Do not lie (give false testimony)

10) Do not covet

When Jesus was asked which command was the greatest, he said that we should love God fully; the second greatest is to love others as much as you love yourself.  He concluded by saying that all the laws and commands hinge on these two principles of loving God and loving others.

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