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Matthew 5:17

Thinke not that I am come to destroye the lawe or the Prophets: no I am nott come to destroye them but to fulfyll them.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

In Context

16Let youre light so shyne before men that they maye se youre good workes and glorify youre father which is in heven.

18For truely I saye vnto you till heven and erth perisshe one iott or one tytle of the lawe shall not scape tyll all be fulfilled.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:15Iesus answered and sayd to hym: Let it be so now. For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all rightwesnes. Then he suffred hym.

Luke 16:17Soner shall heven and erth perisshe then one tytle of the lawe shall perisshe.

Acts 6:13and brought forth falce witnesses which sayde. This man ceasith not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynst this holy place and the lawe:

Acts 21:28cryinge: men of Israel helpe. This is the man that teacheth all men every where agaynst the people and the lawe and this place. Moreover also he hath brought Grekes into the temple and hath polluted this holy place.

Romans 8:4that the rightewesnes requyred of the lawe myght be fulfilled in vs which walke not after the flesshe but after the sprete.

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 →

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