Matthew 5:17

New English Translation

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

Matthew 3:15

So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.

Matthew 7:12

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

Luke 16:17

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.

John 8:5

In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”

Acts 18:13

saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”

Acts 21:28

shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”

Acts 6:13

They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

Romans 3:31

Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

Romans 8:4

so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.