After they had gone, there appeared an angel of the Lord to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt; stay there till I tell you. For Herod is going to search for the child and destroy him."

Do not imagine I have come to destroy the Law or the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to fulfil.

Have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul: rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

So the Pharisees withdrew and plotted against him, to destroy him;

They replied, "He will utterly destroy the wretches and lease the vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their season."

and said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the temple of God and build it in three days.'"

and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!"

"Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? We know who you are, you are God's holy One."

On this the Pharisees withdrew and at once joined the Herodians in a plot against him, to destroy him.

"it has thrown him into fire and water many a time, to destroy him. If you can do anything, do help us, do have pity on us."

Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and he will give the vineyard to others.

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"

Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision and calling, "Ha! You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days!

"Ha! Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy.

Jesus replied, "Destroy this sanctuary and I will raise it up in three days."

The thief only comes to steal, to slay, and to destroy: I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.

Why, we have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this Place and change the customs handed down to us by Moses!"

It is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the sages, I will confound the insight of the wise.

God will destroy anyone who would destroy God's temple, for God's temple is sacred ??and that is what you are.

(whereas, if you snap at each other and prey upon each other, take care in case you destroy one another).

Then shall the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his lips and quell by his appearing and arrival ??9 that One whose arrival is due to Satan's activity, with the full power, the miracles and portents, of falsehood,

One alone is the legislator, who passes sentence; it is He who is able to save and to destroy; who are you, to judge your neighbour?

and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts ??20 understanding this, at the outset, that no prophetic scripture allows a man to interpret it by himself;

he who commits sin belongs to the devil, for the devil is a sinner from the very beginning. (This is why the Son of God appeared, to destroy the deeds of the devil.)