The Mosaic law vs the The Christian Law

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Moses in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 gives the 10 commandments or the 10 words. But Christ’s list is slightly different, Matthew 19:16, Mark 10:17, Luke 18:18. What does this speak of considering that he had warned against teaching any other variation?(Matthew 5:17)
 
I’m afraid I don’t know what you’re talking about. There was no variation. Are you asking why He didn’t recite them word-per-word exactly as they’re written in Deuteronomy and Exodus?
 
Jesus actually recited them. He had to, after being asked which commandments he meant.
 
He gave the list but avoided two- concerning images and the Sabbath.
 
Christ responded to the young man, " You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour your father and mother", Luke 18:20. Which of these covers the images and the Sabbath?
 
Christ responded to the young man, " You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour your father and mother", Luke 18:20. Which of these covers the images and the Sabbath?
In my humble opinion, you need to join the dots between the narratives.

Matthew 19:
24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

According to Romans 1, God should be perceived as the Creator. The Kingdom of the Creator is therefore the Kingdom of Creation, into which Adam was created. He was created naked. The Kingdom of God is therefore Creation.

When we are born into Creation, we are born naked. We bring no wealth from the womb. We are not adorned in jewels.

However, ask a mother who has just given birth, how it felt. She would surely agree it was like threading a camel through the eye of a needle, the eye of a needle being perfect imagery for a newborn’s exit point.

It is therefore easier to thread a camel through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into Creation.

Adultery, killing, stealing and bearing false witness are crimes of the living. Jesus summarised them as ‘Love your neighbour’. Jesus healed on the Sabbath, persisting ‘Love your neighbour’.

The commandments are for the living. The law is for the living. Only the living can create false images. The Kingdom of Creation is for the living. Law has no impact on the dead. The dead cannot be prosecuted.

‘Love your neighbour’ is a living law that the dead have no need of.

Life is the key.
 
When Jesus tells the rich man to follow the commandments, and the man asks “Which ones?” Jesus lists off the commandments pertaining to the love of one’s neighbor and omitting those pertaining to the love of God. The man’s lack of love for his neighbor constituted a lack of love for God. Through his unwillingness to love his neighbor by giving up his material wealth, he demonstrated his unwillingness to love (or follow) God. So what’s going on with Jesus omitting those pertaining to the love of God is a bit of an interplay whereby He demonstrates that love of fellow man is tantamount to loving God (see the second passage below for confirmation of this).

The story of the rich ruler may be contrasted with when Jesus explicitly states the greatest commandments (and a man responds appropriately) in Mark 12:28-34
28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.”

32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
 
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Putting the pieces together, I think you end up with the perspective articulated in Matthew 25:34-46. Namely, that failure to love one’s neighbor is implicit failure to love God.
34 Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ 40 And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ 41 [q]Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’ 44 [r]Then they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’ 45 He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ 46 And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
 
gregoryphealy and Jezra have concisely attempted to paint the meaning and the implication from Matthew 18. Thank you. The rich young man elicited a response from Christ, that made the message of John 1:17 appear in complex light. " For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth through Jesus Christ". As if the inference is that what was lacking in one came through the other. Jesus had the Truth and grace which maybe Moses lacked. But the lengthy explanation from both apologists brought some clarity. However the Sabbath issue which was prominent in the Jewish religion was loudly silent and seems to be completely ignored by a leading Pharisee whom Jesus appointed as our gentile minister.
 
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