Letter and Spirit. ST. MARK xii. 28-30: ST. MATTHEW Xxii. 39, 40: EXODUS XX. 3–17. AND one of the Scribes . . . . asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love Me, and keep My commandments. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord |