Old/New Testament
19 In the third month following the children of Israel’s going out of the land of Egypt, on that same day, they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
2 For they departed from Rephidim and came to the desert of Sinai and camped in the wilderness. It was there Israel camped before the Mount.
3 But Moses went up to God. For the LORD had called from out of the Mount to him, saying, “Thus shall you say to the House of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel,
4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. And I carried you upon eagle’s wings and have brought you to Me.
5 ‘Now, therefore, if you will indeed hear My voice, and keep My Covenant, then you shall be My chief treasure above all people (though all the Earth is Mine).
6 ‘You shall also be to Me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
7 Then, Moses came and called for the elders of the people. And to them he proposed all these things which the LORD commanded him.
8 And the people all answered together, and said, “All that the LORD has commanded, we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD.
9 And the LORD said to Moses, “Lo, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear while I talk with you, and so that they may also believe you forever.” For Moses had told the words of the people to the LORD.
10 Moreover, the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them, today and tomorrow; and let them wash their clothes.
11 “And let them be ready on the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down, in the sight of all the people, upon Mount Sinai.
12 “And you shall set boundaries all around the people, saying, ‘Be careful that you do not go up to the mount, nor touch the border of it. Whoever touches the mount shall surely die.’
13 “No hand shall touch it, or he shall be stoned to death or struck through with arrows. Whether beast or man, he shall not live. When the horn blows long, they shall come up onto the mountain.”
14 Then Moses went down from the mount to the people and sanctified the people. And they washed their clothes.
15 And he said to the people, “Be ready on the third day. And do not come near your wives.”
16 And the third day, when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning and a thick cloud upon the mount and the sound of the trumpet, exceedingly loud, so that all the people who were in the camp were afraid.
17 Then Moses brought the people out of the tents to meet with God. And they stood at the foot of the mount.
18 And Mount Sinai was engulfed in smoke, because the LORD came down upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended, as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mount trembled exceedingly.
19 And when the sound of the trumpet blew long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke. And God answered him by voice.
20 For the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount. And when the LORD called Moses up onto the top of the mount, Moses went up.
21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and remind the people not to break their boundaries and go up to the LORD to gaze, lest many of them perish.
22 “Also, let the priests who come to the LORD be sanctified, lest the LORD destroy them.”
23 And Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up onto Mount Sinai. For You have charged us, saying, ‘Set boundaries on the mountain, and sanctify it.’”
24 And the LORD said to him, “Go. Get down and come up. You and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break their boundaries to come up to the LORD, lest He destroy them.”
25 So Moses went down to the people and told them.
20 Then God spoke all these Words, saying,
2 “I am the LORD your God, Who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 “You shall make no graven image, nor any likenesses which are in Heaven above, nor which are in the earth beneath, nor which are in the waters under the earth.
5 “You shall neither bow down to them nor serve them. For I am the LORD your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who hate Me.
6 “And showing mercy to thousands of those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
7 “You shall not lift up the Name of the LORD your God in a frivolous way. For the LORD will not hold him guiltless who lifts up His Name frivolously.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 “Six days shall you labor and do all your work.
10 “But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. On it, you shall not do any work—you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maid, nor your beast, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
11 “For in six days, the LORD made the sky and the earth, the sea, and all that therein are, and rested the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; nor shall you covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
18 And all the people saw the thunder and the lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking. And when the people saw it they fled and stood at a distance,
19 and said to Moses, “Talk with us and we will hear! But do not let God talk with us, lest we die!”
20 Then Moses said to the people, “Do not fear. For God has come to test you, and to lay His fear before you, so that you do not sin.”
21 So, the people stood at a distance. But Moses drew near to the darkness where God was.
22 And the LORD said to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the children of Israel: ‘You have seen that I have talked with you from Heaven.
23 ‘You shall not make gods of silver equal to Me, nor gods of gold. You shall not make any.
24 ‘You shall make an altar of earth to Me. And thereupon you shall offer your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen. I will come to you and bless you in all places where I shall put the remembrance of My Name.
25 ‘But if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it from hewn stones. For if you use your tool upon them, you have polluted them.
26 ‘Nor shall you go up to My altar by steps, so that your filthiness is not discovered thereupon.’”
21 Then Peter came to Him, and said, “Master, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I shall forgive him - up to seven times?”
22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, ‘Up to seven times’, but, ‘Up to seventy times seven times’.
23 “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain King, who would take an account of his servants.
24 “And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
25 “And because he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold - and his wife, and children, and all that he had - and the debt to be paid.
26 “Therefore, the servant fell down and worshipped him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me and I will pay you all!’
27 “Then that servant’s lord had compassion and freed him. And forgave him the debt.
28 “But when the servant had departed, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hands on him, and choked him, saying, ‘Pay me that you owe!’
29 “Then his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you all!’
30 “But he would not. And went and cast him into prison, until he should pay the debt.
31 “And when his other fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry. And they came and declared to their lord all that was done.
32 “Then his lord called him, and said to him, ‘O evil servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
33 “‘Ought not you also have had pity on your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you?’
34 “So his lord was angry, and delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all that was due to him.
35 “So likewise shall My Heavenly Father do to you, unless you forgive - from your hearts - each one his brother their trespasses.”
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