The Ten Commandments Repeated

5 Now Moses summoned all Israel and said to them:

“Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking today ^[a]for you to hear, so that you may learn them and be careful to do them. ² The Lord our God made ^(A)a covenant with us at Horeb. ^3 (B)The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, all ^[b]of us who are alive here today. ⁴ The Lord spoke with you ^(C)face to face at the mountain ^(D)from the midst of the fire, ⁵ while ^(E)I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; ^(F)for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up on the mountain. ^[c]He said,

⁶ ‘^(G)I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ^[d]slavery.

⁷ ‘^(H)You shall have no other gods besides Me.

⁸ ‘^(I)You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any ^[e]likeness of what is in heaven above ^[f]or on the earth beneath ^[g]or in the water under the earth. ⁹ You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, ^(J)inflicting the ^[h]punishment of the fathers on the children, ^[i]even on the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, ¹⁰ but ^(K)showing ^[j]favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

¹¹ ‘^(L)You shall not take the name of the Lord your God ^[k]in vain, for the Lord will not ^[l]leave unpunished the one who takes His name in vain.

¹² ‘^(M)Keep the Sabbath day to treat it as holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. ¹³ For six days you ^[m]shall labor and do all your work, ¹⁴ but ^(N)the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; you shall not do any work that day, you or your son or your daughter, or your male slave or your female slave, or your ox, your donkey, or any of your cattle, or your ^[n]resident who ^[o]stays with you, so that your male slave and your female slave may rest as well as you. ^15 (O)And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to ^[p]celebrate the Sabbath day.

¹⁶ ‘^(P)Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord your God has commanded you, ^(Q)so that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well for you on the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

¹⁷ ‘^(R)You shall not murder.

¹⁸ ‘^(S)You shall not commit adultery.

¹⁹ ‘^(T)You shall not steal.

²⁰ ‘^(U)You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

²¹ ‘^(V)You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male slave or his female slave, his ox, his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

Moses Interceded

²² “These words the Lord spoke to your whole assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, from the cloud, and from the thick darkness, with a great voice, and He added nothing more. ^(W)He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. ²³ And when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. ²⁴ You said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with mankind, yet he lives. ^25 (X)Now then, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we will die! ²⁶ For ^(Y)who is there of ^[q]humanity who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? ^27 [r]Go near and listen to everything that the Lord our God says; then speak to us everything that the Lord our God speaks to you, and we will listen and do it.’

²⁸ “Now the Lord heard the sound of your words when you spoke to me, ^(Z)and the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the sound of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken. ^29 (AA)If only they had such a heart in them, to fear Me and ^(AB)keep all My commandments always, so that ^(AC)it would go well with them and with their sons forever! ³⁰ Go, say to them, “Return to your tents.” ^31 (AD)But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, so that they may ^[s]follow them in the land which I am giving them to possess.’ ³² So you shall be careful to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you; ^(AE)you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left. ^33 (AF)You shall walk ^[t]entirely in the way which the Lord your God has commanded you, ^(AG)so that you may live and that it may be well for you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.

God Implored to Confound His Enemies.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

The Road to Emmaus

¹³ And behold, on that very day ^(A)two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, which was ^[a]sixty stadia from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. ¹⁵ While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. ¹⁶ But ^(B)their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they came to a stop, looking sad. ¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You possibly the only one living near Jerusalem ^[b]who does not know about the things that happened here in these days?” ¹⁹ And He said to them, “What sort of things?” And they said to Him, “Those about ^(C)Jesus the Nazarene, who proved to be a ^(D)prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our ^(E)rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him. ²¹ But we ^[c]were hoping that it was He who was going to ^(F)redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. ²² But also some women among us left us bewildered. ^(G)When they were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. ²⁴ And so some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see.” ²⁵ And then He said to them, “^[d]You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that ^(H)the prophets have spoken! ^26 (I)Was it not necessary for the ^[e]Christ to suffer these things and to come into His glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning ^[f]with ^(J)Moses and ^[g]with all the ^(K)Prophets, He explained to them the things written about Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(L)He gave the impression that He was going farther. ²⁹ And so they strongly urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day ^[h]is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And it came about, when He had reclined at the table with them, that He took the bread and ^(M)blessed it, and He broke it and began giving it to them. ³¹ And then their ^(N)eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from ^[i]their sight. ³² They said to one another, “^[j]Were our hearts not burning within us when He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(O)was ^[k]explaining the Scriptures to us?” ³³ And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(P)found the eleven gathered together and ^(Q)those who were with them, ³⁴ saying, “^(R)The Lord has really risen and ^(S)has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ They began to relate ^[l]their experiences on the road, and how ^(T)He was recognized by them at the breaking of the bread.

Other Appearances

³⁶ Now while they were telling these things, ^(U)Jesus Himself suddenly stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace be to you.” ³⁷ But they were startled and frightened, and thought that they were looking at ^(V)a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why are doubts arising in your ^[m]hearts? ^39 (W)See My hands and My feet, that ^[n]it is I Myself; ^(X)touch Me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you plainly see that I have.” ⁴⁰ And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ While they still ^[o](Y)could not believe it because of their joy and astonishment, He said to them, “^(Z)Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They served Him a piece of broiled fish; ⁴³ and He took it and ^(AA)ate it in front of them.

⁴⁴ Now He said to them, “^(AB)These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things that are written about Me in the ^(AC)Law of Moses and the Prophets and ^(AD)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He ^(AE)opened their ^[p]minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, “^(AF)So it is written, that the ^[q]Christ would suffer and ^(AG)rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that ^(AH)repentance ^[r]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^[s]in His name to ^(AI)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are ^(AJ)witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, ^(AK)I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but ^(AL)you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰ And He led them out as far as ^(AM)Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³ and were continually in the temple ^[t]praising God.