Matthew 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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Matthew 3:15But Jesus answering said unto him, Permit it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he permitted him.
Luke 16:17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail.
Acts 6:13and they set up false witnesses, saying, This man doth not cease speaking blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
Acts 21:28crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man, who, by his preaching, sets all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: yea and more still, hath brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place:
Romans 8:4that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled by 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 →