‘Whoever kidnaps a person must be put to death, whether he sells him or the person is found in his possession.
Exodus 20:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Do not steal. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt not steal. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not steal. [Prov. 11:1; 16:8; 21:6; 22:16; Jer. 17:11; Mal. 3:8.] American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt not steal. Common English Bible Do not steal. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not steal. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not steal. |
‘Whoever kidnaps a person must be put to death, whether he sells him or the person is found in his possession.
Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.
‘Do not oppress your neighbour or rob him. The wages due a hired worker must not remain with you until morning.
The people are incapable of doing right – this is the Lord’s declaration – those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.
Both hands are good at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.
For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slander.
‘Which ones? ’ he asked him. Jesus answered: Do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not bear false witness;
He said to them, ‘It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves! ’ ,
He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
The commandments, Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not covet; , and any other commandment, are summed up by this commandment: Love your neighbour as yourself. ,
no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.
Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.
‘If a man is discovered kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from you.
This means one must not transgress against and take advantage of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offences, as we also previously told and warned you.