This passage is a part of so called ‘Sermon on the Mount’ scene in which Jesus is educating his disciples and giving a new insight into issues, some of which were also covered in the Old Testament. The text stands out because it describes Jesus’ approach to reapplying the ‘Law’ in a new way and yet still shows that ‘his coming and work fulfilled the old prophecy’. The theme of Matthew’s gospel is based around the idea of Christocentricity through which the author portrays the correlation between the Old and New Testament. The two verses (17 and 18) conflict each other which may signify that Matthew’s Gospel has developed from Judaism and since the author highlights the validity of the ‘Law’, it might be assumed that the gospel was
