Matthew 5:17

Free Bible Version

Don't think I came to abolish the law or the writings of the prophets. I didn't come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:21

Because the Lord does what is right he wanted to show how important and wonderful his instructions were.

Matthew 3:15

“Please do so, because it's good for us to do what God says is right,” Jesus told him. So John agreed to do it.

Matthew 7:12

Treat others the way you want them to treat you. This sums up the law and the prophets.

Luke 16:17

However, it's easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest point of the Law to disappear.

John 8:5

Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. What do you say?”

Acts 18:13

“This man is persuading people to worship God illegally,” they declared.

Acts 21:28

“Men of Israel, help!” they shouted. “This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere to oppose our people, the Law, and the Temple. He's also brought Greeks into the Temple, defiling this holy place.”

Acts 6:13

and called false witnesses who testified against him. “This man is always slandering the holy Temple and the law,” they said.

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the fulfillment of the law. All those who trust in him are made right.

Romans 3:31

Does that mean that by trusting in God we do away with the law? Of course not! In fact we affirm the importance of the law.

Romans 8:4

In this way we could fulfill the good requirements of the law by following the Spirit and not our sinful nature.