and the winds beat
upon them. Therefore go forth unto this people, and declare the
words which I have spoken unto the ends of the earth."[1469]

Then, turning to the multitude, Jesus admonished them to give heed to
the teachings of the Twelve, and continued with a discourse embodying
the sublime principles He had taught among the Jews in the Sermon on the
Mount.[1470] The Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, and the same splendid
array of ennobling precepts are set forth, and the same wealth of
effective comparison and apt illustration appear, in both Matthew's and
Nephi's versions of this unparalleled address; but a significant
difference is observed in every reference to the fulfilment of the
Mosaic law; for where the Jewish scriptures record the Lord's words as
pointing to a fulfilment then incomplete, the corresponding expressions
in the Nephite account are in the past tense, the law having been
already fulfilled in its entirety through the death and resurrection of
Christ. Thus, to the Jews Jesus had said: "Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled"; but to the Nephites: "For verily I say unto you, one jot nor
one tittle hath not passed away from the law, but in me it hath all been
fulfilled."[1471]

Many marveled over this matter, wondering what the Lord would have them
do concerning the law of Moses; "for they understood not the saying that
old things had passed away, and that all things had become new." Jesus,
conscious of their perplexity, proclaimed in plainness that He was the
Giver of the law, and that by Him had it been fulfilled and therefore
abrogated. His affirmation is particularly explicit:

"Behold I say unto you, that the law is fulfilled that was given
unto Moses. Behold, I am he that gave the law, and I am he who
covenanted with my people Israel: therefore, the law in me is
fulfilled, for I have come to fulfil the law; therefore it hath
an end. Behold, I do not destroy the prophets, for as many as
have not been fulfilled in me, verily I say unto you, shall all
be fulfilled. And because I said unto you, that old things hath
passed away, I do not destroy that which hath been spoken
concerning things which are to come. For behold, the covenant
which I have made with my people is not all fulfilled; but the
law which was given unto Moses, hath an end in me."[1472]

Addressing Himself to t