Matthew 5:17

Do not think that I have come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I have not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

Revised King James 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 your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

18For truly I say to you, Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke, shall by any means pass away from the law, until all is fulfilled.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:15And Jesus answered him, Let it be so now: for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he consented.

Luke 16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fail.

Acts 6:13And they set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Acts 21:28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and further, he has also brought Greeks into the temple, and has polluted this holy place.

Romans 8:4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk in the ways of the flesh, but in the ways of 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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