Matthew 5:17

Easy To Read Version

“Don’t think that I have come to destroy the law \{of Moses\} or the \{teaching of the\} prophets. {\cf2\super [61]} I have not come to destroy their teachings. I came to give full meaning to their teachings.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord wants his servant to be good.\par The Lord wants him to honor\par his wonderful teachings. {\cf2\super [384]} \par

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered, “Let it be this way for now. We should do all things that are right.” So John agreed to baptize {\cf2\super [45]} Jesus.

Matthew 7:12

“Do to other people the same things you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law \{of Moses\} and the \{teaching of the\} prophets. {\cf2\super [83]}

Luke 16:17

Even the smallest part of a letter in the law cannot be changed. It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away.

John 8:5

The law of Moses commands that we kill with rocks every woman that does this. What do you say we should do?”

Acts 18:13

The Jews said to Gallio, “This man is teaching people to worship God in a way that is against our \{Jewish\} law!”

Acts 21:28

They shouted, “You Jewish men, help us! This is the man who is teaching things that are against the law of Moses, against our people, and against this place (the temple). This man is teaching these things to all people everywhere. And now he has brought some Greek (non-Jewish) men into the temple yard! He has made this holy place unclean!”

Acts 6:13

The Jews brought some men into the meeting. They told these men to tell lies about Stephen. The men said, “This man (Stephen) always says bad things about this holy place (the temple). And he always says bad things against the law \{of Moses\}.

Romans 10:4

Christ ended the law so that every person that believes in him is made right with God.

Romans 3:31

So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? No! Faith causes us to be what the law truly wants.

Romans 8:4

God did this so that we could be right like the law said we must be. Now we don’t live following our sinful selves. We live following the Spirit.