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Moses and Joshua in the Tabernacle, James Tissot

Exodus 20:17

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Exodus 20:17 (WEB)

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Catechism · 2

The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

  • §1456Article 4 · The Sacrament of Penance and ReconciliationRead at vatican.va

    “…the last two precepts of the Decalogue; for these sins sometimes wound the soul more grievously and are more dangerous than those which are committed openly."” — Catechism footnote: Council of Trent (1551): DS 1680 (ND 1626); cf. Ex 20:17; Mt 5:28.

The Ten Commandments

  • §2056Section Two · The Ten CommandmentsRead at vatican.va

    The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words." God revealed these "ten words" to his people

Fathers and councils · 14

Tertullian

  • “…when given through Moses; that is, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart and out of thy whole soul; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; False witness thou shalt not utter; Honour thy father and mother; and, That which is…” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4, 5; Lev. xix. 18; comp. Matt. xxii. 34–40; Mark xii. 28–34; Luke x. 25–28; and for the rest, Ex. xx. 12–17; Deut. v. 16–21; Rom. xiii. 9.

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  • “…founder Himself, who not only said, “Be fruitful, and multiply,” but also, “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and, “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife;” and who threatened with death the unchaste, sacrilegious, and monstrous abomination both of adultery and unnatural sin with man and beast.” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 14, 17.

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew

    “For the commandment of the Law, “Thou shalt not lust after thy neighbour’s wife,” [Ex 20:17] the Jews understood of taking her away, not of committing adultery with her.” — the author cites it

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John Cassian

  • “…“Thou shalt do no murder; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife,” and many other things besides, in which they anticipated the commands not only of the law but even of the gospel?” — editor's note: Exod. xx. 4–17.

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Augustine of Hippo

Ambrose of Milan

Clement of Alexandria

Cross-references · 24

Parallel passages

  • Exodus 20:17 and Deuteronomy 5:21 share the same wording (18 words).

Cited together with

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion I.28.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion I.28.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion I.28.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.26.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.26.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.26.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.26.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.26.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.26.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.26.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.14.

  • Cited together in The Instructor II.6.

  • Cited together in The Instructor II.6.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in Catechism §1456 and 2 other places.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.14.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion I.28.

  • Cited together in The Instructor II.6.

  • Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

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