Matthew 5:17
Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
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Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
Matthew 3:15But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
Luke 16:17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
Acts 6:13and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
Acts 21:28crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.
Romans 8:4that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after 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 →