19 The things that men see not with eyes of flesh are of more worth than are the things that man can see.
20 A man’s good name is worth a thousand mines of gold, and he who says a word or does a deed that injures or defames that name has taken what is not his own, and is a thief.
21 Upon a table of the law we also read; Thou shalt not covet anything.
22 To covet is an all-consuming wish to have what is not right for one to have.
23 And such a wish, within the spirit of the law, is theft.
CHAPTER 99.
The Sermon on the Mount, continued. Jesus unfolds to the twelve the spiritual aspects of the ninth Commandment.
The law has said: Thou shalt not lie; but in the eyes of law a man to lie must tell in words what is not true.
2 Now, in the light of spirit law, deceit in any form is nothing but a lie.
3 A man may lie by look or act; yea, even by his silence may deceive, and thus be guilty in the eyes of Holy Breath.