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Matthew 5:17

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Completing God’s Law

17–18“Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama.

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Matthew 5:17: 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.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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