Luke 18:20

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“You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.”

— ASV

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Exodus 20:12-17 "“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you."
Romans 13:9 "For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,”TR adds “You shall not give false te…"
Deuteronomy 5:16-21 "“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in th…"
Matthew 19:17-19 "He said to him, “Why do you call me good?So MT and TR. NU reads “Why do you ask me about what is good?” No one is good but one, that is, …"
Ephesians 6:2 "“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:"
Romans 7:7-11 "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn’t have …"
Galatians 3:10-13 "For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things t…"
Romans 3:20 "Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin."

Commentary

Thou knowest, &c.--Matthew (Mat 19:17) is more complete here: "but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He saith unto him, Which--as if he had said, Point me out one of them which I have not kept?--"Jesus said, Thou shalt," &c. (Mat 19:17-18). Our Lord purposely confines Himself to the second table, which He would consider easy to keep, enumerating them all--for in Mark (Mar 10:19), "Defraud not" stands for the tenth (else the eighth is twice repeated). In Matthew (Mat 19:19) the sum of this second table of the law is added, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," as if to see if he would venture to say he had kept that.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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