Matthew 5:13–20

The Sermon on the Mount: Salt and Light

¹³“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside and^* trampled under foot by people. ¹⁴You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden, ¹⁵nor do they light a lamp and place it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it shines on all those in the house. ¹⁶In the same way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

The Sermon on the Mount: The Law and the Prophets Fulfilled

¹⁷“Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy them but to fulfill them. ¹⁸For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one tiny letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all takes place. ¹⁹Therefore whoever abolishes one of the least of these commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever keeps them and teaches them, this person will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰For I say to you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven.