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2 39In His Sermon- on the MountJesus Referred to Other Partsof Law as Well as Ten Commandments,Thus Showing AllOne LawGifts for attarMatt. 5 :23, 24 "if, then, youare bringing your gift to the altarand you there remember thatyour brother has somethingagainst you, leave your gift therein front of the altar, and goaway ; first make your peace withyour brother, and then, whenyou have come back, offer upyour gift ."Compare Deut. 16 :16, 17 .DivorceMatt. 5 :31 "Moreover it wassaid, 'Whoever divorces his wife,let him give her a certificate ofdivorce .' "Compare Deut. 24 :1 .False swearingMatt . 5 :33 "Again you heardthat it was said to those of ancienttimes, 'You must not swearwithout performing, but you mustpay your vows to Jehovah .' "Compare Num. 30 :2 .Law of retaliationMatt . 5 :38 "You heard that itwas said, 'Eye for eye and toothfor tooth .' "Compare Ex . 21 :23-25 .Love of neighborMatt . 5 :43 "You heard thatit was said : 'You must love yourneighbor and hate your enemy .' "Compare Lev . 19 :18 .Jesus Did Not Destroy the Lawbut Kept It Perfectly, as Exampleto the JewsGal . 4 :4 "But when the fulllimit of the time arrived, Godsent forth his Son, who was producedout of a woman and whocame to be under law ."Lev . 18 :5 "Ye shall thereforekeep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, heshall live in them,"LawMatt . 5 :17, 19, 20 "Do not thinkI came to destroy the Law or theProphets . I came, not to destroy,but to fulfill . Whoever, therefore,breaks one of these least com-m andments and teaches mankindto that effect, he will be calledeast' in relation to the kingdomof the heavens . As for anyonewho does them and teachesthem, this one will be called'great' in relation to the kingdomof the heavens . For I sayto you that if your righteousnessdoes not abound more than thato the scribes and Pharisees, youwill by no means enter into thekingdom of the heavens ."Jesus Demonstrated PhariseesWere Lawbreakers ThroughTheir Traditions, HenceWould Be Excludedfrom KingdomMatt . 15 :1-3, 6 "Then therecame to Jesus from JerusalemPharisees and scribes, saying :'Why is it your disciples overstepthe tradition of the men of formertimes?' . . . In reply he saidto them : 'Why is it you also overstepthe commandment of Godbecause of your tradition? . . . Andso you have made the word ofGod invalid because of yourtradition .'' ,Matt. 21 :43, 45 "'This is whyI say to you, The kingdom ofGod will be taken from you andbe given to a nation producingits fruits.' Now when the chiefpriests and the Pharisees hadheard his illustrations they tooknote that he was speaking aboutthem ."Jesus Fulfilled Law by Bringingin the Realities, Those ThingsPictured by the LawMatt . 5 :17, 18 "Do not thinkI came to destroy the Law or theProphets . I came, not to destroy .but to fulfill ; for truly I say toyou that sooner would heavenand earth pass away than forthe smallest letter or one particleof a letter to pass away from