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Not to Murder

This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should
love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the

evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder
him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's
were righteous... and you know that no murderer has eternal
life [paradise] in him. (1 John, 3:11-15)

You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, "Do
not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judg-
ment." (Matthew, 5:21)

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is
good—except God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do
not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give
false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and moth-
er.'" (Mark, 10:18-19, Luke 18:19-20)

The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not mur-
der," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other com-
mandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule:
"Love your neighbor as yourself." (Romans, 13:9)

For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one
point is guilty of breaking all of it. For he who said, "Do not

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