Matthew 5:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness.” Then he consented.

Matthew 7:12

So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; 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 dot of the law to become void.

John 8:5

Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say about her?”

Acts 18:13

saying, “This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law.”

Acts 21:28

crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place; moreover he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place.”

Acts 6:13

and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law;

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified.

Romans 3:31

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

Romans 8:4

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