Matthew 5:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.

Matthew 7:12

“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Luke 16:17

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

John 8:5

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

Acts 18:13

They said, “This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law.”

Acts 21:28

shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place; more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

Acts 6:13

They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law,

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

Romans 3:31

Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Romans 8:4

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