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Where are the TEN COMMANDMENTS
in the Old and New Testaments?

The New Testament restates each of the Ten Commandments, either in exact words or in words conveying the same meaning. The inspired writers of the New Testament understood that the law given on Mt. Sinai which was "written with the finger of God" (Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 9:10) was NOT abrogated or abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

We do not have to go far into the gospels before we encounter the words of Jesus regarding the laws and commandments of God. In fact, near the very beginning of Jesus' well-known Sermon on the Mount he states:

"DO NOT THINK that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.  I DID NOT come to destroy but to fulfill.  For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one JOT or one TITTLE will BY NO MEANS pass from the law till all is fulfilled. (Matthew 5:17-19, NKJV)!

The "JOT" Jesus stated would not be removed from the law is the smallest letter found in the Greek or Hebrew alphabet. The "TITTLE" is a small point or stroke added to some Hebrew letters to help distinguish them from ones that look similar. From Jesus' statement we can only conclude that since heaven and earth are still here, God's law have not been "done away with" but are still in effect!

The apostle John, in the last book of the Bible, makes a crystal clear statement regarding the importance of God's law. Writing about truly converted Christians who live in the time JUST BEFORE Jesus returns to earth he states:

"Here is the patience of the saints;  here are those who KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD and the faith of Jesus." (Revelation 14:12).

Below are the Ten Commandments as recorded in Exodus 20 of the Old Testament with their repetition (or equivalent) in the New Testament. The below Biblical quotes are taken from the New King James Version Bible Translation.

The Ten Commandments
in the Old and New Testaments
 
Old Testament
(Exodus 20)
 
New Testament
 
You shall have no other gods before Me.  "You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him ONLY you shall serve." (Matthew 4:10).

" . . . we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.  For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), yet for us there is ONE GOD, THE FATHER . . ." (1Corinthians 8:4-6)

 
You shall not make for yourself a carved image — any likeness of anything 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 down to them nor serve them . . .   "Little children, keep yourselves from IDOLS. " (1John 5:21).

"Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising." (Acts 17:29).

"But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, IDOLATERS, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." (Revelation 21:8)

   
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.  "In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME . . ." (Matthew 6:9)

" . . . that the NAME OF GOD and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. " (1Timothy 6:1).

   
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 . . .  " . . . THE SABBATH was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.  Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath." (Mark 2:27-28)

"For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way:  'And God rested on the SEVENTH DAY from all His works' . . . For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His." (Hebrews 4:4,10)

"Then Paul, AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, went in to them, and for three SABBATHS reasoned with them from the Scriptures . . ." (Acts 17:2)

   
Honor your father and your mother . . .  "Jesus said . . . 'Honor your father and your mother'" (Matthew 19:18-19).

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' which is the first commandment with promise . . ." (Ephesian 6:1)

   
You shall not murder.  "Jesus said, 'You shall not murder,' . . . " (Matthew 19:18).

"'You shall not murder' " (Romans 13:9)

   
You shall not commit adultery.  "Jesus said . . . 'You shall not commit adultery,' " (Matthew 19:18).

"'You shall not commit adultery' " (Romans 13:9)

   
You shall not steal.  "Jesus said . . .'You shall not steal,' " (Matthew 19:18).

"'You shall not steal' " (Romans 13:9)

   
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.  "Jesus said . . . 'You shall not bear false witness,'" (Matthew 19:18).

"'You shall not bear false witness'" (Romans 13:9)

   
You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's. " . . . For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COVET.' " (Romans 7:7).

"'You shall not covet'" (Romans 13:9)

 
 
 
Written by:  Richard Nickels
edited by BibleStudy.org
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