Matthew 5:17
Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God : and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.
Matthew 3:15And Jesus answering, said to him: Suffer it to be so now. For so it becometh us to fulfill all justice. Then he suffered him.
Luke 16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall.
Acts 6:13And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law.
Acts 21:28Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover hath brought in Gentiles into the temple, and hath violated this holy place.
Romans 8:4That the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the 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 →