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Matthew 19:18

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

KJV

ποίας; φησίν ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· τὸ οὐ φονεύσεις, οὐ μοιχεύσεις, οὐ κλέψεις, οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις,

Greek NT

Dicit illi : Quæ ? Jesus autem dixit : Non homicidium facies ; non adulterabis ; non facies furtum ; non falsum testimonium dices ;

Vulgate

He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

ASV

He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κλέπτω
klepto
verb · 13×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μοιχεύω
moicheuo
verb · 16×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ποῖος
poios
interrogative_pronoun · 33×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
φονεύω
phoneuo
verb · 12×
ψευδομαρτυρέω
pseudomartureo
verb · 5×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: εἶπεν | Treg/NIV/RP: εἶπεν | WH: ἔφη
  • εἶπενSBLGNT
  • εἶπενTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ἔφηWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2052"Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" To the young man who asked this question, Jesus answers first by invoking the necessity to recognize God as the "One there is who is good," as the supreme Good and the source of all good. Then Jesus tells him: "If you would enter life, keep the commandments." and he cites for his questioner the precepts that concern lov…

Cross-references

  • Deut 5:16 — Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Exod 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill.
  • Exod 20:14 — Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  • Exod 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
  • Exod 20:16 — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
  • Gal 3:10 — For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
  • Gal 5:14 — For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
  • Jas 2:10 — For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
  • Jas 2:11 — For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
  • Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
  • Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
  • Mark 12:31 — And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
  • Matt 5:21 — 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:
  • Rom 13:8 — Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
  • Rom 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 compr