"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.

For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will by any means pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

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

So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

When Jesus come into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.

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

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

For I have come to set a man '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 the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are innocent?

He said to them, "What man of you, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"

On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law, justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.

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

and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be healed, and live."

they will pick up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

And when the time of their purification according to the law of Moses was completed, 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 what is said in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."

So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough ways smooth;

And he arose and left the synagogue, and entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they made request of him on her behalf.

One day as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal.

Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

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

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

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

The law and the prophets were until John. Since 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 dot of the law to fail.

for I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'

He said to him, 'I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

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

But before all this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. And you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

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

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

In these lay a multitude of disabled people, blind, lame, paralyzed.

Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?"

If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well?

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

"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he is doing?"

Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say?"

In your own law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

For this reason my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from my Father."

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

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

The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever; and 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, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow, till you have denied me three times.

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

But this is to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

And they led him to Annas first; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death."

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to 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 some of the price of the land?

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while.

They put forward false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking against this holy place, and the law;

you who received the law as delivered by angels, and yet did not keep it."

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

and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."

and through him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up, and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the Law of Moses."

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

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

but since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I refuse to be a judge of these things."

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

take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in observance of the law.

crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place; and besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place."

"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

"A certain Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

Then Paul said to him, "God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?"

I found that he was accused over questions about their Law, but there was no accusation against him deserving death or imprisonment.

But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do worship the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,

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

We put out to sea from there and sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.

When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.

And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were scarcely able to secure the boat.

When they had appointed a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in great numbers. And he explained the matter to them from morning till evening, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

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

All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

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

When Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing or else excusing them

But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God

and know his will and approve of what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law,

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth

You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a breaker of the law.

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world may be held accountable to God.