Mat 3:15
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer {it to be so} now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
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Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make {it} honourable. {it: or, him}
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book {it is} written of me,
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: {for us: some read, for you}
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
For such an high priest became us, {who is} holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
And when he saw {them}, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
For Christ {is} the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make {it} honourable. {it: or, him}
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. {be lost: Heb. fall}
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
Now the first {day} of the {feast of} unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? {killed: or, sacrificed}
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.