The source
“You shall not steal.
⛓ Read Exodus 20 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation1
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
Matt 19:16-22
'You shall not steal' verbatim from the Decalogue (Exodus 20:15 / Deuteronomy 5:19).
High confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Eph 4:28
'Let him who stole steal no more' presupposes the Decalogue's 'You shall not steal.' Volume is moderate and coherence strong; Paul transmutes the prohibition into a positive labor-and-almsgiving ethic. Availability is maximal.
Medium confidenceElsewhere in Exodus 20