Matthew 5:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.”
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“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 5:17 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
- Isaiah 42:21The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
- Matthew 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
- Matthew 7:12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
- Luke 16:17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
- John 8:5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”
- Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
- Acts 18:13“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
- Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
- Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
- Romans 8:4so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Galatians 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
- Hebrews 10:3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
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