But Jesus answered him, “Permit it for now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted him.
Matthew 5:17 - The Text-Critical English New Testament “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. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them. American Standard Version (1901) Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. Common English Bible “Don’t even begin to think that I have come to do away with the Law and the Prophets. I haven’t come to do away with them but to fulfill them. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. |
But Jesus answered him, “Permit it for now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted him.
“Therefore whatever you wish that others would do to you, do the same also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter to be dropped from the law.
In the law, Moses commanded us that such women should be stoned; what then do yoʋ say?”
saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God in a manner contrary to the law.”
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. Furthermore, he has even brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
Then they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against the holy place and against the law.
For Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
Do we then nullify the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
so that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.