Matthew 5:17

Which verses does Matthew 5:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Romans 10:469 votes

   For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

2. Luke 16:1757 votes

   But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

3. Galatians 4:4–548 votes

   But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

4. Romans 3:3143 votes

   Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

5. Romans 8:442 votes

   so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

6. Isaiah 42:2136 votes

   The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

7. Galatians 3:17–2429 votes

   What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise. For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise. …

8. Matthew 7:1220 votes

   In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

9. Psalm 40:6–819 votes

   Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: …

10. Hebrews 10:3–1219 votes

    Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. …

11. Colossians 2:16–1713 votes
12. Acts 6:138 votes
13. Acts 18:138 votes
14. Matthew 3:157 votes
15. Acts 21:286 votes
16. John 8:55 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 5:17?

The 10 strongest of 17.

• Romans 10:4 24
• Romans 3:31 12
• John 8:5 8
• Matthew 11:13 7
• Mark 7:13 7
• 1 Corinthians 9:21 6
• Galatians 3:24 6
• Isaiah 42:21 5
• Zechariah 7:5 4
• Galatians 3:21 4