Matthew 5:17
Think not that I came to abolish the law or the prophets. I came not to abolish, but to fulfill.
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Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, but a body thou have prepared for me (LXX/NT). Whole burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou did not require.
Matthew 3:15But having answered, Jesus said to him, Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allows him.
Luke 16:17But it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
Acts 6:13And they put forward FALSE witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law.
Acts 21:28crying out, Men, Israelites, help. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. And besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place.
Romans 8:4so that the justice of the law might be fulfilled in us, those who walk not according to flesh, but according to Spirit.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:14-17
The Sermon on the Mount. 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify… Read the whole commentary →