"Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to abrogate the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to abrogate them but to give them their completion.

Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law until all has taken place.

If any one wishes to go to law with you and to deprive you of your under garment, let him take your outer one also.

"Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this the Law and the Prophets are summed up.

After this Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law he found ill in bed with fever.

"Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

For all the Prophets and the Law taught until John.

But the Pharisees saw it and said to Him, "Look! your disciples are doing what the Law forbids them to do on the Sabbath."

And have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath without incurring guilt?

"Which of you is there," He replied, "who, if he has but a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house in which there is internal strife will be brought low.

but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"

Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,

When Jesus had finished these discourses, He removed from Galilee and came into that part of Judaea which lay beyond the Jordan.

"Which Commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "'Thou shalt not kill;' 'Thou shalt not commit adultery;' 'Thou shalt not steal;' 'Thou shalt not lie in giving evidence;'

but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet.

and one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him as a test question,

"Teacher, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law?"

The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in these two Commandments."

"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.

The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full of insincerity and disregard of God's Law.

and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;

Now the betrayer had agreed upon a sign with them, to direct them. He had said, "The one whom I kiss is the man: lay hold of him."

He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. Come and see the place where He lay.

Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill in bed with a fever, and without delay they informed Him about her.

for many a time he had been left securely bound in fetters and chains, but afterwards the chains lay torn link from link, and the fetters in fragments, and there was no one strong enough to master him.

and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live."

But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'

Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.

"What rule did Moses lay down for you?" He answered.

"It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you;

You know the Commandments--'Do not murder;' 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Do not defraud;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The one I kiss," he said, "is the man: lay hold of him, and take him safely away."

They shall take up venomous snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison it shall do them no harm whatever. They shall lay their hands on the sick, and the sick shall recover."

He has cast monarchs down from their thrones, And exalted men of low estate.

And when the days for their purification appointed by the Law of Moses had passed, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord--

as it is written in the Law of the Lord: "Every first-born male shall be called holy to the Lord."

And they also offered a sacrifice as commanded in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons."

Led by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do with regard to Him according to the custom of the Law,

Then, as soon as they had accomplished all that the Law required, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

The soldiers also once and again inquired of him, "And we, what are we to do?" His answer was, "Neither intimidate any one nor lay false charges; and be content with your pay."

Now when He rose and left the synagogue He went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from an acute attack of fever; and they consulted Him about her.

One day He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village in Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for Him to cure people.

And a party of men came carrying a palsied man on a bed, and they endeavoured to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what the Law forbids on the Sabbath?"

But the Pharisees and expounders of the Law have frustrated God's purpose as to their own lives, by refusing to be baptized.

"The foxes have holes," said Jesus, "and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be lifted high as Heaven? Thou shalt be driven down as low as Hades.

Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. "Rabbi," he asked, "what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

"Go to the Law," said Jesus; "what is written there? how does it read?"

But a certain Samaritan, being on a journey, came where he lay, and seeing him was moved with pity.

Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence."

Hereupon one of the expounders of the Law exclaimed, "Rabbi, in saying such things you reproach us also."

"Alas too for you expounders of the Law!" replied Jesus, "for you load men with cumbrous burdens which you yourselves will not touch with one of your fingers.

"Alas for you expounders of the Law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered, and those who wanted to enter you have hindered."

father against son and son against father; mother attacking daughter and daughter her mother, mother-in-law her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law her mother-in-law."

The Law and the Prophets continued until John came: from that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been spreading, and all classes have been forcing their way into it.

But it is easier for earth and sky to pass away than for one smallest detail of the Law to fall to the ground.

while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name,

You know the Commandments: 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not murder;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'

"'By your own words,' he replied, 'I will judge you, you bad servant. You knew me to be a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow:

At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.

There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.

"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

"But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

While day after day I was with you in the Temple, you did not lay hands upon me; but to you belongs this hour--and the power of darkness."

And He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you--that everything must be fulfilled that is written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me."

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets--Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth."

His road lay through Samaria,

In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.

Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not a man of you obeys the Law. Why do you want to kill me?"

But this rabble who understand nothing about the Law are accursed!"

"Does our Law," he asked, "judge a man without first hearing what he has to say and ascertaining what his conduct is?"

Now, in the Law, Moses has ordered us to stone such women to death. But what do you say?"

In your own Law, too, it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."

"Does it not stand written in your Law," replied Jesus, "'I said, you are gods'?

The crowd answered Him, "We have heard out of the Law that the Christ remains for ever. In what sense do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is that Son of Man?"

"Master," asked Peter again, "why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life on your behalf.

"You say you will lay down your life on my behalf!" said Jesus; "in most solemn truth I tell you that the cock will not crow before you have three times disowned me."

But this has been so, in order that the saying may be fulfilled which stands written in their Law, 'They have hated me without any reason.'

They then brought Him to Annas first; for Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was High Priest that year.

"Take him yourselves," said Pilate, "and judge him by your Law." "We have no power," replied the Jews, "to put any man to death."

"We," replied the Jews, "have a Law, and in accordance with that Law he ought to die, for having claimed to be the Son of God."

While it remained unsold, was not the land your own? And when sold, was it not at your own disposal? How is it that you have cherished this design in your heart? It is not to men you have told this lie, but to God."

so that they would even bring out their sick friends into the streets and lay them on light couches or mats, in order that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or other of them.

But a Pharisee of the name of Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, held in honour by all the people, rose from his seat and requested that they should be sent outside the court for a few minutes.

Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.

you who received the Law given through angels, and yet have not obeyed it."

He has seen a man called Ananias come and lay his hands upon him so that he may recover his sight."

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the Wardens of the synagogue sent word to them. "Brethren," they said, "if you have anything encouraging to say to the people, speak."

and in Him every believer is absolved from all offences, from which you could not be absolved under the Law of Moses.

But certain men who had belonged to the sect of the Pharisees but were now believers, stood up in the assembly, and said, "Yes, Gentile believers ought to be circumcised and be ordered to keep the Law of Moses."

For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no burden heavier than these necessary requirements--