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Exodus 19

Moses on Sinai

 ²When they set out from ^(C)Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped in front of ^(D)the mountain.

 ³Moses went up to God, and ^(E)the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel:

 ⁴'^(F)You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on ^(G)eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself.

 ⁵'Now then, ^(H)if you will indeed obey My voice and ^(I)keep My covenant, then you shall be ^(J)My ^[a]own possession among all the peoples, for ^(K)all the earth is Mine;

 ⁶and you shall be to Me ^(L)a kingdom of priests and ^(M)a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel."

 ^7(N)So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him.

 ^8(O)All the people answered together and said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do!" And Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD.

 ⁹The LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will come to you in ^(P)a thick cloud, so that the ^(Q)people may hear when I speak with you and may also believe in you forever." Then Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

 ¹⁰The LORD also said to Moses, "Go to the people and ^(R)consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them ^(S)wash their garments;

 ¹¹and let them be ready for the third day, for on ^(T)the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

 ¹²"You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; ^(U)whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

 ¹³'No hand shall touch him, but ^(V)he shall surely be stoned or ^[b]shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live ' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to ^(W)the mountain."

 ¹⁴So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.

 ¹⁵He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman."

 ^16(X)So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

 ¹⁷And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

The LORD Visits Sinai

 ¹⁹When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and ^(AC)God answered him with thunder.

 ^20(AD)The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

 ²¹Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, so that ^(AE)they do not break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

 ²²"Also let the ^(AF)priests who come near to the LORD consecrate themselves, or else the LORD will break out against them."

 ²³Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You warned us, saying, '^(AG)Set bounds about the mountain and consecrate it.'"

 ²⁴Then the LORD said to him, "Go down and come up again, ^(AH)you and Aaron with you; but do not let the ^(AI)priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break forth upon them."

 ²⁵So Moses went down to the people and told them.

Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments

 ²"^(AJ)I am the LORD your God, ^(AK)who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

 ³"^(AL)You shall have no other ^(AM)gods ^[c]before Me.

 ⁴"^(AN)You shall not make for yourself ^[d]an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

 ⁵"^(AO)You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a ^(AP)jealous God, ^(AQ)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

 ⁶but showing lovingkindness to ^(AR)thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

 ⁷"^(AS)You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

 ⁸"Remember ^(AT)the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

 ⁹"^(AU)Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

 ¹⁰but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it ^(AV)you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.

 ¹¹"^(AW)For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

 ¹²"^(AX)Honor your father and your mother, that your ^(AY)days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

 ¹³"^(AZ)You shall not murder.

 ¹⁴"^(BA)You shall not commit adultery.

 ¹⁵"^(BB)You shall not steal.

 ¹⁶"^(BC)You shall not bear false witness against your ^(BD)neighbor.

 ¹⁷"^(BE)You shall not covet your neighbor's house; ^(BF)you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

 ^18(BG)All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.

 ^19(BH)Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die."

 ²⁰Moses said to the people, "^(BI)Do not be afraid; for God has come in order ^(BJ)to test you, and in order that ^(BK)the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin."

 ²¹So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached ^(BL)the thick cloud where God was.

 ²²Then the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'You yourselves have seen that ^(BM)I have spoken to you from heaven.

 ²³'^(BN)You shall not make other gods besides Me; ^(BO)gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

 ²⁴'You shall make ^(BP)an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your ^(BQ)burnt offerings and your ^(BR)peace offerings, ^(BS)your sheep and your oxen; in every place ^(BT)where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

 ²⁵'If you make an altar of stone for Me, ^(BU)you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.

 ²⁶'And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that ^(BV)your nakedness will not be exposed on it.'

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Forgiveness

 ²²Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to ^(C)seventy times seven.

 ²³"For this reason ^(D)the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to ^(E)settle accounts with his slaves.

 ²⁴"When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ^[a]ten thousand talents was brought to him.

 ²⁵"But since he ^(F)did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him ^(G)to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

 ²⁶"So the slave fell to the ground and ^(H)prostrated himself before him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.'

 ²⁷"And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and ^(I)forgave him the debt.

 ²⁸"But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred ^[b]denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe.'

 ²⁹"So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you.'

 ³⁰"But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.

 ³¹"So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened.

 ³²"Then summoning him, his lord said to him, 'You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

 ³³'^(J)Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?'

 ³⁴"And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him.

 ³⁵"^(K)My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart."