could be lived out rather than focusing on obedience simply as completion of a given action (or in these cases, not completing an action). Both of these commandments reflect a general concern in the Decalogue to create a community of trust. A redeemed community needs to be able to trust one another. But this cannot happen when our motivations are not considered. Clearly, someone could keep the prohibition against murder by refraining from illegal killing. Jesus, however, went to the heart of the
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