Matthew 5:17
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 5
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”Matthew 5:17
What Does Matthew 5:17 Mean?
Matthew 5:17 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 5, verse 17 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Matthew 5:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Romans 10:4“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”Luke 16:17“And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.”Galatians 4:4“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,”Romans 3:31“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.”Romans 8:4“That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”Isaiah 42:21“The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.”Galatians 3:17“And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.”Matthew 7:12“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”Psalms 40:6“Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.”Hebrews 10:3“But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.”Colossians 2:16“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:”John 8:5“Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?”Acts 6:13“And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:”Acts 18:13“Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.”Matthew 3:15“And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.”Matthew 11:13“For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.”Mark 7:13“Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.”Acts 21:28“Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.”1 Corinthians 9:21“To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.”Galatians 3:24“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”
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