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