"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

For truly, 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.

"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not break through and steal;

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

While he told these things to them, suddenly a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

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

For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless?

Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

One of them, a Law scholar, asked him a question, testing him.

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"

The whole Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments."

For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

and pleaded with him repeatedly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."

They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

they will pick up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them;[note: see Wallace, Exegetical Syntax, 403?6, whether promise or prediction] they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

When the days of their purification according to the Law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),

and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the Law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."

He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the requirement of the Law,

When they had accomplished all things that were according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.

He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.

It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal.

And suddenly men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before him.

But the Pharisees and the Law scholars rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

And just then a certain Law scholar stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"

One of the Law scholars answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."

He said, "Woe to you Law scholars also. For you load people with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

Woe to you Law scholars. For you took away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

Jesus, answering, spoke to the Law scholars and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"

The Law and the Prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the Law to become void.

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.'

"He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow.

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people?for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

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

For the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed.

Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you keeps the Law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the Law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed."

"Does our Law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"

Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such. So what do you say?"

It's also written in your Law that the testimony of two people is valid.

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

Jesus answered them, "Is not it written in your law, 'I said, you are gods?'

So Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

The crowd answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Messiah remains forever. Then how can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?"

Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I tell you, the rooster won't crow until you have denied me three times.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jewish leaders said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"

The Jewish leaders answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the men out for a little while.

and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law.

You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."

saying, "Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses.

But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the Law of Moses."

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:

saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."

but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I do not want to be a judge of these matters."

They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law.

Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the Law.

crying out, "Men of Israel, help. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the Law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place."

"I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.

One Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall. Do you sit to judge me according to the Law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?"

Therefore do not yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."

I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the Law, and which are written in the Prophets;

while he said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all."

Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.

When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.

who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

(for when Gentiles who do not have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,

in that they show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness, and their conflicting thoughts accusing or else excusing them)