Matthew 5:17
Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets; I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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Matthew 3:15And Jesus answering said to him: Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Luke 16:17And it is easier that heaven and earth should pass away, than that one tittle of the law should fail.
Acts 6:13and set up false witnesses, Who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law.
Acts 21:28crying out: Men of Israel, help. This is the man who teaches all, everywhere, against the people, and the law, and this place; and further also, he brought Greeks into the temple, and has polluted this holy place.
Romans 8:4that the requirement 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 →