Matthew 5:17
Do not suppose that I have come to subvert the law or the prophets: I have come not to subvert, but to fulfill.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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Matthew 3:15And Jesus answered, and said to him: Allow it now, for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted him.
Luke 16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one letter to pass from the law.
Acts 6:13And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to utter words contrary to the law, and against this holy place.
Acts 21:28crying out and saying: Men, sons of Israel; help. This is the man, who teacheth in every place, against our people, and against the law, and against this place; and he hath also brought Gentiles into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
Romans 8:4so that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us; since it is not in the flesh that we walk, but in 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 →