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Matthew 5:17
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15 Nor do they alight a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  
16 Let your light so shine before men, athat they may see your good works and bglorify your Father in heaven.  

Christ Fulfills the Law

17 a“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.  
18 For assuredly, I say to you, atill heaven and earth pass away, one1 jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.  
19 aWhoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  
20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds athe righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 5:17

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American Standard Version
Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

Amplified® Bible
Do not think that I have come to do away with {or} undo the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to do away with {or} undo but to complete {and} fulfill them.

Contemporary English Version
Don't suppose that I came to do away with the Law and the Prophets. I did not come to do away with them, but to give them their full meaning.

Darby English Version
Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.

Good News Bible
"Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets. I have not come to do away with them, but to make their teachings come true.

International Standard Version
"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I didn't come to destroy them, but to fulfill them.

King James Version
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

New American Standard Bible
"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

New International Version
"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.

New King James Version
"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

Revised Standard Version
"Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.

Young's Literal Translation
`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfill;


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