It is quite common to divide the Ten Commandments into two unequal groups, one a series of four religious commandments and the other a series of six moral or ethical injunctions. The statement of Jesus in Matthew 22:37–40 gives a considerable degree of credence to such a division, and there is nothing inherently wrong with it. There is no evidence, however, that would give us the right to assume that the division of the Ten Commandments in such a way is also confirmed by the statement that they were