Matthew 5:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 5:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
Μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
νομίσητε
nomízō
G3543
to hold custom
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἦλθον
érchomai
G2064
to come
καταλῦσαι
katalýō
G2647
to dissolve
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
νόμον
nómos
G3551
law
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
προφήτας
prophḗtēs
G4396
prophet
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἦλθον
érchomai
G2064
to come
καταλῦσαι
katalýō
G2647
to dissolve
ἀλλὰ
allá
G235
but
πληρῶσαι
plēróō
G4137
to fulfill
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
"Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
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King James Version Public Domain
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Do not think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I came not to destroy but to fulfill.
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