ContradictionsReading order 386Bible context 2 min read
What was Jesus's sixth commandment?
The reported lists differ in length, order, and whether they include neighbor-love or a prohibition of fraud.
- Textual conflict
- Weak tension
- The alleged conflict needs substantial assumptions, such as treating an omission as a denial or figurative language as literal.
- Importance
- Supporting
- A supporting event, teaching, or biographical claim.
Different unnumbered selections of commands do not disagree morally or claim to reproduce an exhaustive list.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Matthew's six commands end with loving one's neighbor
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 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, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 19:17-19
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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Mark includes not defrauding and ends with honoring parents
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 10:19
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)