The Ten Commandments: Deuteronomy 5:6-21 (CEV)

⁶I am the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt where you were slaves.

⁷Do not worship any god except me.

⁸Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the ocean under the earth. ⁹Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me and worship idols, I will punish your families for three or four generations. ¹⁰But if you love me and obey my laws, I will be kind to your families for thousands of generations.

¹¹Do not misuse my name. I am the LORD your God, and I will punish anyone who misuses my name.

¹²Show respect for the Sabbath Day—it belongs to me. ¹³You have six days when you can do your work, ¹⁴but the seventh day of the week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day—not you, your children, your oxen or donkeys or any other animal, not even those foreigners who live in your towns. And don't make your slaves do any work. ¹⁵This special day of rest will remind you that I reached out my mighty arm and rescued you from slavery in Egypt.

¹⁶Respect your father and mother, and you will live a long and successful life in the land I am giving you.

¹⁷Do not murder.

¹⁸Be faithful in marriage.

¹⁹Do not steal.

²⁰Do not tell lies about others.