17|Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.


In Context

14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

15 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

17 |Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.

18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

19 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 5:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets — I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.