[20:1] God spoke, and these were his words:
[20:2] “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you were slaves.
[20:3] “Worship no god but me.
[20:4] “Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth.
[20:5] Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation.
[20:6] But I show my love to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my laws.
[20:7] “Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.
[20:8] “Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy.
[20:9] You have six days in which to do your work,
[20:10] but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work—neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country.
[20:11] In six days I, the Lord, made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the Lord, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.
[20:12] “Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.
[20:13] “Do not commit murder.
[20:14] “Do not commit adultery.
[20:15] “Do not steal.
[20:16] “Do not accuse anyone falsely.
[20:17] “Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.”