^12 (A)“Honor your father and your mother, ^(B)that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

^13 (C)“You shall not murder.^[a]

^14 (D)“You shall not commit adultery.

^15 (E)“You shall not steal.

^16 (F)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

^17 (G)“You shall not covet ^(H)your neighbor's house; ^(I)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 is your neighbor's.”

¹⁸ Now when all the people saw ^(J)the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid^[b] and trembled, and they stood far off ¹⁹ and said to Moses, ^(K)“You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” ^20 (L)Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to ^(M)test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.”

Christ Came to Fulfill the Law

^17 (A)“Do not think that I have come to abolish ^(B)the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but ^(C)to fulfill them. ¹⁸ For truly, I say to you, ^(D)until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. ^19 (E)Therefore whoever relaxes ^(F)one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least ^(G)in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great ^(H)in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰ For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds ^(I)that of the scribes and Pharisees, you ^(J)will never enter the kingdom of heaven.