New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 5:15-19

15 1nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a 2basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may 3see your good works, and 4glorify your Father who is in heaven.

17“Do not think that I came to abolish the 5Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18For truly I say to you, 6until heaven and earth pass away, not 7the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches 8others to do the same, shall be called least 9in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever 10keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Notes

1. Matthew 5:15 Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16; 11:33; Phil 2:15 ↩
2. Matthew 5:15 Or peck-measure ↩
3. Matthew 5:16 1 Pet 2:12 ↩
4. Matthew 5:16 Matt 9:8 ↩
5. Matthew 5:17 Matt 7:12 ↩
6. Matthew 5:18 Matt 24:35; Luke 16:17 ↩
7. Matthew 5:18 Lit one iota (Heb yodh) or one projection of a letter (serif) ↩
8. Matthew 5:19 Gr anthropoi ↩
9. Matthew 5:19 Matt 11:11 ↩
10. Matthew 5:19 Lit does ↩

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