Matthew 5:19
Good News Translation
So then, whoever disobeys even the least important of the commandments and teaches others to do the same, will be least in the Kingdom of heaven. On the other hand, whoever obeys the Law and teaches others to do the same, will be great in the Kingdom of heaven.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Contemporary English Version
If you reject even the least important command in the Law and teach others to do the same, you will be the least important person in the kingdom of heaven. But if you obey and teach others its commands, you will have an important place in the kingdom.

New American Bible
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

shall break.

Deuteronomy 27:26 Cursed be he that abideth not in the words of this law, and fulfilleth them not in work: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Psalm 119:6,128 Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments. . . .

Galatians 3:10-13 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: Cursed is every one that abideth, not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. . . .

James 2:10,11 And whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offend in one point, is become guilty of all. . . .

these.

Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint and anise and cummin and have left the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These things you ought to have done and not to leave those undone.

Deuteronomy 12:32 What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.

Luke 11:42 But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

shall teach.

Matthew 15:3-6 But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: . . .

Matthew 23:16-22 Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple is a debtor. . . .

Malachi 2:8,9 But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. . . .

Romans 3:8 And not rather (as we are slandered and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil that there may come good? Whose damnation is just.

Romans 6:1,15 What shall we say, then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? . . .

1 Timothy 6:3,4 If any man teach otherwise and consent not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to that doctrine which is according to godliness, . . .

Revelation 2:14,15,20 But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat and to commit fornication. . . .

the least.

Matthew 11:11 Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

1 Samuel 2:30 Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should minister in my sight, for ever. But now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but they that despise me, shall be despised.

do.

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

Acts 1:1 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus began to do and to teach,

Romans 13:8-10 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law. . . .

Galatians 5:14-24 For all the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. . . .

Philippians 3:17,18 Be ye followers of me, brethren: and observe them who walk so as you have our model. . . .

Philippians 4:8,9 For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any virtue, if any praise of discipline: think on these things. . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 You are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and without blame we have been to you that have believed: . . .

1 Thessalonians 4:1-7 For the rest therefore, brethren, pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus that, as you have received from us, how you ought to walk and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more. . . .

1 Timothy 4:11,12 These things command and teach: . . .

1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, fly these things: and pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness.

Titus 2:8-10 The sound word that can not be blamed: that he who is on the contrary part may be afraid, having no evil to say of us. . . .

Titus 3:8 It is a faithful saying. And these things I will have thee affirm constantly, that they who believe in God may be careful to excel in good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

great.

Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said to them: Amen I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matthew 20:26 It shall not be so among you: but whosoever is the greater among you, let him be your minister.

Daniel 12:3 But they that are learned, shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars for all eternity.

Luke 1:15 For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Luke 9:48 And said to them: Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me. For he that is the lesser among you all, he is the greater.

Luke 22:24-26 And there was also a strife amongst them, which of them should seem to be the greater. . . .

1 Peter 5:4 And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.

Context
The Fulfillment of the Law
18For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. 19He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.…
Cross References
Matthew 11:11
Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

James 2:10
And whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offend in one point, is become guilty of all.

1 John 3:4
Whosoever committeth sin committeth also iniquity. And sin is iniquity.

Matthew 5:18
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