Matthew 5:17
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
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Matthew 3:15But Jesus answered him, “Permit it for now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted him.
Luke 16:17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter to be dropped from the law.
Acts 6:13Then they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against the holy place and against the law.
Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. Furthermore, he has even brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
Romans 8:4so that 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 →