Matthew 5:17
15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
18 For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
19 So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
- KJV
- Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
- WEB
- “Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
- ASV
- Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
- DARBY
- Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.
- BLB
- Do not suppose that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.
- ÅB
- «Dere må ikke tro at jeg er kommet for å oppheve loven eller profetene; jeg er ikke kommet for å oppheve, men for å oppfylle.
- OTB
- Tro ikke at jeg er kommet for å oppheve Loven eller Profetene; jeg er ikke kommet for å oppheve dem, men for å oppfylle dem.
- B1930
- I må ikke tro at jeg er kommet for å opheve loven eller profetene; jeg er ikke kommet for å opheve, men for å opfylle.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
Read in contextLuke 16:17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Read in contextGalatians 4:4–5
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Read in contextRomans 3:31
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Read in contextRomans 8:4
so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:21
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
Read in contextGalatians 3:17–24
What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
Read in contextMatthew 7:12
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
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