Matthew 5:17
Don't think I came to abolish the law or the writings of the prophets. I didn't come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
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Psalms 40:6You don't want sacrifices and offerings. Now you have helped me understand —you're not asking for burnt offerings or sin offerings.
Matthew 3:15“Please do so, because it's good for us to do what God says is right,” Jesus told him. So John agreed to do it.
Luke 16:17However, it's easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest point of the Law to disappear.
Acts 6:13and called false witnesses who testified against him. “This man is always slandering the holy Temple and the law,” they said.
Acts 21:28“Men of Israel, help!” they shouted. “This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere to oppose our people, the Law, and the Temple. He's also brought Greeks into the Temple, defiling this holy place.”
Romans 8:4In this way we could fulfill the good requirements of the law by following the Spirit and not our sinful nature.
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 →