12 Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside and trampled under foot by people.
14 You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden,
15 nor do they light a lamp and place it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it shines on all those in the house.
16 In the same way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
17 “Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy them but to fulfill them.
18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one tiny letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all takes place.