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Matthew

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Matthew: Commandments

  1. Repent. 3:1-2, 4:17
  2. Follow Jesus. 4:19, 8:22, 9:9, 10:38, 16:24, 19:21
  3. Don't tempt God. 4:7
  4. Worship God. 4:10
  5. Serve God. 4:10
  6. Be meek. 5:5
  7. Rejoice. 5:12
  8. Let everyone see your good works. 5:16, 23:5
  9. Don't think Jesus came to destroy the commandments in the Hebrew scriptures. 5:17-18
  10. Obey all the commandments 5:18-19
  11. Don't call your brother "Raca". 5:22a
  12. Don't call anyone a fool. 5:22b
  13. Don't be angry with your brother without a cause. 5:22c
  14. Make up with your brother before leaving a gift at the altar. 5:23-24
  15. Agree with your adversary quickly, before you are thrown into prison. 5:25-26
  16. Lend to anyone who asks to borrow from you. 5:30
  17. Don't divorce your wife (unless she has fornicated). 5:32a, 19:9b
  18. Don't marry a divorced woman. 5:32b, 19:9b
  19. Don't swear. 5:34-36
  20. Don't look at a woman with lust. 5:28
  21. If your right eye offends you, pluck it out. 5:29
  22. If your right hand offends you, cut it off. 5:30
  23. Say only "Yes" or "No." 5:37
  24. Don't resist evil. 5:39a
  25. Turn the other cheek. 5:39b
  26. If you are sued, give more than you are ask for. 5:40
  27. If someone forces you to do something, do twice as much as you were forced to do. 5:41
  28. Give to anyone who asks your for anything. 5:42
  29. Love your enemies. 5:44a
  30. Bless those who curse you. 5:44b
  31. Do good to those who hate you. 5:44c
  32. Pray for those who persecute you. 5:44d
  33. Be perfect. 5:48
  34. Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 6:3-4
  35. Don't pray in public. 6:5
  36. Pray alone and in secret. 6:6
  37. Don't repeat prayers. 6:7-8
  38. Hallow God's name. 6:9
  39. Pray like this: 6:9-13
  40. Forgive others. 6:14-15, 18:34-35
  41. Don't look sad and disfigure your face while fasting. 6:16
  42. When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face. 6:17
  43. Store your treasures in heaven, not on earth. 6:19-20
  44. Don't think about your own life. 6:25a
  45. Pay no attention to what you eat or drink. 6:25b, 31
  46. Give no thought to what clothes you wear. 6:25c
  47. Seek first the kingdom of God. 6:33
  48. Don't think about tomorrow. 6:34
  49. Don't judge. 7:1
  50. Don't be a hypocrite. 7:5
  51. Don't give holy things to dogs. 7:6a
  52. Don't cast your pearls before swine. 7:6b
  53. Ask. 7:7a
  54. Seek. 7:7b
  55. Knock. 7:7c
  56. Treat others the way you would like to be treated. 7:12
  57. Enter through the narrow gate. 7:13-14
  58. Beware of false prophets. 7:15
  59. Let the dead bury the dead. 8:22
  60. Pray that the Lord of the harvest will send laborers into his harvest. 9:38
  61. Be as wise as a serpent. 10:16a
  62. Be as harmless as a dove. 10:16a
  63. Don't be afraid of people who can kill you. 10:28a
  64. Fear the one who can send you to hell after he kills you. 10:28b
  65. Don't love your family more than Jesus. 10:37
  66. Take up your cross and follow Jesus. 10:38, 16:24
  67. Don't find your life. 10:39a
  68. Lose your life. 10:39b, 16:25
  69. Receive whomever Jesus sends. 10:40
  70. Give a cup of water to a a little one in the name of a disciple. 10:42
  71. Hear. 11:15
  72. Come to Jesus. 11:28
  73. Take up Jesus's yoke. 11:29a
  74. Learn of Jesus. 11:29b
  75. Don't blaspheme against the Holy Ghost. 12:31-32
  76. Do the will of Jesus's father. 12:50
  77. Don't do iniquity. 13:41-42
  78. Don't offend the son of man's angels. 13:41-42
  79. Honor your father and mother. 15:4, 19:19
  80. Kill children who curse their parents. 15:4-6
  81. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 16:6
  82. Deny yourself. 16:24
  83. Don't try to save your life. 16:25
  84. Be converted like a little child. 18:3
  85. Don't offend a little one that believes in Jesus. 18:6
  86. Don't offend. 18:7
  87. Don't despise one of the little ones. 18:10
  88. If your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him to his face. 18:15
  89. If he won't listen to you, take one or two others with you. 18:16
  90. If he won't listen to the two (or three) of you, tell the church. 18:17a
  91. If he won't listen to the church, treat him as a heathen and a publican. 18:17b
  92. Forgive your brother 49 times. 18:21-22
  93. Don't divorce your wife (even if she has fornicated). 19:6
  94. Let little children come to Jesus. 19:14
  95. Don't murder. 19:18a
  96. Don't commit adultery. 19:18b
  97. Don't steal. 19:18c
  98. Don't lie. 19:18d
  99. Don't be rich. 19:23-24
  100. Wear a wedding garment. 22:12-13
  101. Pay your taxes. 22:17-21
  102. Keep state and church separate. 22:21
  103. Love God. 22:37
  104. Love your neighbor as yourself. 22:39
  105. Do whatever the scribes and Pharisees tell you to do. 23:1-3
  106. Don't do what the scribes and Pharisees do. 23:2-3
  107. Don't bind heavy burdens on men's shoulders. 23:2-5
  108. Don't wear long robes with enlarged borders. 23:2-5
  109. Don't take the best seats. 23:2-6
  110. Don't love being greeted in the marketplace. 23:2-7
  111. Don't let anyone call you "Rabbi." 23:2-8
  112. Don't call anyone "Father." 23:9
  113. Don't let anyone call you "Master." 23:10
  114. Don't be deceived by false Christs. 24:4-5
  115. Don't worry about wars and rumors of wars. 24:6
  116. If anyone says to you, "Lo, here is Christ" or "Lo, there he is", don't believe it. 24:23-24
  117. Learn a fig tree parable. 24:32-33
  118. Watch. 24:42, 25:13
  119. Be ready for the coming of the Son of man. 24:44
  120. Feed the hungry. 25:34-35a
  121. Give water to thirsty people. 25:34-35b
  122. Take in strangers. 25:34-35c
  123. Clothe the naked. 25:34-36a
  124. Visit the sick. 25:34-36b
  125. Visit prisoners. 25:34-36c
  126. Eat Jesus's flesh and drink his blood. 26:26-28
  127. Don't take the sword. 26:52
  128. Teach everyone to obey all of Jesus's commandments. 28:18-20
  129. Baptize everyone in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 28:19