Jesus to the disciples: "I have not come to abolish the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfill them"
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Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel text
Mt 5:17-19
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill."
Gospel's Commentary
Today, Jesus defends Himself. The Lord has been healing those who are sick on the Sabbath, eating with publicans and rejecting divorce, and yet they accuse Him of ignoring Moses’ Law. The world is upside down! But Jesus Christ defends Himself and asks us to love as He does, and to avoid the hypocrisy of some Pharisees (they observed many precepts, but their hearts were “dry”).
—Jesus’ words are not theoretic. Christ fully complies with the Law of God by dying on the Cross for us. Let us join Him!