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The Decalogue also known as the Ten Commandments is one of the central documents of biblical revelation. The Decalogue was central in the law in the Old Testament; it has not lost its significance after the conclusion of the New Testament. In addition, for more than three millennia passed since the revelation of the Decalogue, it provides and continues to provide exceptional, comparable with nothing, impact on culture and civilization. What the modern man calls "universal values", in essence, is the moral component of the Decalogue. The commandments of the Decalogue given to the Jews enter without changing into the Christian and Islamic tradition.

The Decalogue, in contrast to the rest of the Law, is the result of a direct revelation of God given to Moses on Mount Sinai. This event can be dated about the year 1250 BC. According to the legend, God Himself mysteriously graved the Ten Commandments on stone boards (tables), prepared by Moses.

The content of the Decalogue is obviously divided into two parts: the first, comprising commandments 1 to 4 speaks about man's relationship with God and the dispensation of the spiritual life of people; the second, including the last 6 commandments, speaks about the moral dispensation of life and relationships of people with one another. The most important peculiarity of the Decalogue is the connection of these two sections in a unified whole. The Decalogue gives equal importance to both of its parts; thereby morality becomes a form of worshipping God, and not only the principles of the best dispensation of earthly life. At the same time, only in the unity of religious and moral life of man, the last takes solid foundation. Thus, the Decalogue for ages became the main manifesto of biblical ethical monotheism.

The first four commandments are about key aspects of the worship of the One God, and the most important among them is the first commandment. It heralds the revelation of the God Savior, Living God, manifesting His power, interfering with authority in the course of history. The mention of a specific saving action (the exodus from Egypt), as the mention of Pontius Pilate in the Christian symbol of faith, underlines the reality and the action of God in people's lives. However, it is very important that the Decalogue does not say anything about God, but the mention of His saving action. The mystery of God's being remains hidden; Decalogue only emphasizes the uniqueness of the Invisible God, the Lords of heaven and earth. God also reveals Himself in these words as a jealous God calling man to worship only the one true God.

The second commandment forbids portraying the Invisible. The True God, surpassing all conceivable and that the whole creature can’t content, can not be in any way adequately portrayed. Images of any other object or subject in the historical context of the Ten Commandments inevitably attracted people to pagan idolatry. The second commandment forbids not only to represent whatever it is; the most important of its meaning is the prohibition of worship and service to something or someone other than the One God. Nothing in the world, except the Almighty, is worthy for a man to devote his life to it. The text of the Second Commandment also contains the words of God's jealousy, His punishment, and blessing. Since God Himself reveals to men through the prophet Ezekiel, that each of us is responsible only for his own sins, the meaning of these words is reduced to a comparison of the punishment (till the third - fourth generation) and immeasurable blessings (up to a thousand generations). The incomparability of life and sinful death bestowed by God is also emphasized in a number close to the texts of the Decalogue.

The third commandment requires devout attitude towards God and His name closely associated to His invisible presence. This commandment found its reflection also in the prayer that the Lord Jesus Christ gave to His disciples ("Hallowed be thy name). In addition, the third commandment also prohibits the use of the Creator's name for spells and vows. Only the sacred awe prayer is a worthy context for the invocation of the Name of God.

The fourth commandment speaks about the sanctification of man’s earth lifetime, requiring every seventh day to be devoted to God. There by, establishing a weekly rhythm, not only for labor, but more importantly for spiritual life also. Such rhythm becomes a source of sanctification all time. In the Old Testament, the day dedicated to God, receives the name of Sabbath; for Christians this day began the day of the Resurrection of Christ. Saturday becomes a sign of the covenant concluded on Sinai. The importance of the day dedicated to God becomes with time so great that the fourth commandment is seen over time, as a symbol that implies all the other commandments of the Decalogue.

The last six Commandments are about relationships between people and moral dispensation of life in the face of God. With its apparent simplicity, they set very high standards of morality, which humanity is not able to fulfill until now. The fifth commandment requires the respect of the gift of life received by man from God through parents; respect to them becomes an important condition for the possession of life. The sixth commandment confirms the sovereign right of God, installed again in the covenant with Noah to dispose of human life and prohibits killing. The text of the Decalogue allows here both the expansive and highly technical understanding of murder; Only the Lord Jesus Christ finally establishes an absolute prohibition not only on any murder, but also on anger and hatred lying on it basis. The seventh commandment requiring from man faithfulness in marriage, in the background of the realities of the ancient oriental life looks like an ideal difficult to achieve; and today it is often perceived that way also. Moses laws admit wide relief compared with the requirement of monogamy in the Decalogue, but the Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed to the disciples that this was a concession to the hardness of heart of the people, and not the will of the Creator. The seventh commandment forbids adultery, sanctifies marriage as a mysterious connection between two people, happening before the face of God and having eternal content. The Eighth Commandment, which establishes the principle of the inviolability of property and prohibits theft, is also based on the respect for the gift of life that God gives. This life is maintained with material means that God gives to every man at His own discretion. The ninth commandment originally concerned lie in court and civil relations; subsequently this prohibition is extended to all forms and manifestations of lie. Finally, the last, the tenth commandment requires from man humility before the Creator's will, giving to each according to his own desire. Envy is seen in the Decalogue as the resistance of this God’s will, and that’s why it is prohibited.

The Lord Jesus Christ gives the most laconic formulation of the commandments of the Decalogue, responding to the question of the scribe about the greatest commandment. "The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength - this is the first commandment! The second is like, namely this: thy shalt Love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these", says the Lord. The meaning of the Decalogue is thus reduced to the worship of the one God and the love of neighbor.

In His reply to the scribe, the Lord Jesus cites two passages closely related to the Decalogue: the prayer "Hear, O Israel" and the extended presentation of the moral requirements of the law in the 19th chapter of Leviticus. Both the text back in the Old Testament, acquired the character of an authoritative interpretation of the Ten Commandments. Another important text, retaining the ancient understanding of the Decalogue, is in the era of Kings (it was hardly written earlier than the 10th century and no later than in the 7th century BC..) – it is the words of the 30th chapter of the book of Deuteronomy. The Lord says here that the commandment given by Him (the Decalogue is called in this case, a commandment, in the singular, as a single expression of the Creator’s will) is accessible for learning and execution. Man must consciously make a choice between the execution and non-execution of the Decalogue, and this is a choice between life and death. The execution of the commandments is called here good and life, the non-execution - evil and death. This text places the basis of the biblical understanding of life as unity with God and death as separation from Him. It is also important that God is not indifferent to what will be the choice of man; He calls him to choose life.

Later, at the cusp of the 7th -6th centuries BC, the Lord through the prophet Jeremiah once again emphasizes that the meaning of the Covenant is not in the fulfillment of separate "independent" commandments, but in obedience to the clearly expressed will of the Creator. It is exactly this, and not lush cult and abundant sacrifices that God needs, and this is the essence of the Covenant. This truth is repeated many times through the prophets; here are the most important words of the prophet Hosea (middle 8th century BC.) "For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings" (Hosea 6: 6.) and the words of the prophet Micah, " He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? "(Micah 6: 8.).

The Lord Jesus Christ opens the final fullness of Commandments in the Sermon on the Mount, urging people to be perfect as the Heavenly Father Himself.

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Hosea   ch.  6,  verse 6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Micah   ch.  6,  verse 8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Exodus   ch.  20,  verse 1-17
And God spake all these words, saying,
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee 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:
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 shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Exodus   ch.  16,  verse 22-30
22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
Exodus   ch.  24,  verse 12-18
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exodus   ch.  31,  verse 12-18
12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Leviticus   ch.  19,  verse 1-37
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.
It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy   ch.  6,  verse 1-19
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
Deuteronomy   ch.  10,  verse 12-13
12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deuteronomy   ch.  30,  verse 11-20
11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Jeremiah   ch.  7,  verse 22-23
22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Matthew   ch.  5,  verse 17-48
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22 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, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 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;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew   ch.  12,  verse 11-13
11 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?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
Matthew   ch.  12,  verse 28-31
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

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