Matthew 5:17

"Do not suppose that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am come not to destroy, but to fulfil.

Montgomery 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

16"So let your light shine before men that they may see good you do, and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

18"In solemn truth I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until all has taken place.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:15But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty."

Luke 16:17"Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away then for one title of the law to fail.

Acts 6:13They also set up false witnesses who testified. "This fellow is continually talking against the Holy Place and against the law.

Acts 21:28"Men of Israel, help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the people, and the Law, and this place. And he has actually brought Gentiles even into the temple, and has desecrated the holy place."

Romans 8:4in order that the Law might be fulfilled in us who order our lives 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 →

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