^{17 Ref} `Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfill;

^{18 Ref} for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

^{19 Ref} `Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach `them', he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.