For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Ver. 11. For he that said] "God spake all those words, and said;" there is the same divine authority for one commandment as another, Exodus 20:1. The Pharisees had their minutula legis, insignificant laws, but Christ cries them down,Matthew 5:20. The Jews to this day senselessly argue, "Cursed is he that abides not in all things," therefore he is not cursed that abides in some things only.
Thou art become a transgressor of the law] Now every transgression and disobedience receiveth a just recompence of reward, Hebrews 2:2 .