Matthew 5:17
Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have come not to destroy them, but to fulfill them.
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Psalms 40:6You have no delight in sacrifice or offering, 1 but you have opened my ears; 1 you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings. 1
Matthew 3:15Jesus responded and said to him, “Permit it now, for it is right 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 of the law to become invalid.
Acts 6:13They brought false witnesses, who said, “This man does not stop speaking words against this holy place and the law.
Acts 21:28They were shouting, “Men of Israel, help us. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere things that are against the people, the law, and this place. Besides, he has also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
Romans 8:4He did this in order that the requirements of the law might be fulfilled in us, we 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 →