Matthew 3:15
15But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.Matthew 5:17-20
Christ Came to Fulfill the Law
17 a“Do not think that I have come to abolish bthe Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but cto fulfill them. 18For truly, I say to you, duntil heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 eTherefore whoever relaxes fone of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least gin the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great hin the kingdom of heaven. 20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds ithat of the scribes and Pharisees, you jwill never enter the kingdom of heaven.Acts 13:22
22And kwhen he had removed him, lhe raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, m‘I have found in David the son of Jesse na man after my heart, owho will do all my will.’Romans 8:4
4in order that pthe righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, qwho walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.Romans 13:10
10Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore rlove is the fulfilling of the law.Galatians 5:14
14For sthe whole law is fulfilled in one word: t“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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