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>The whole contrast between how Jesus cites the OT and how the Pharisees used OT law for their self-serving intentions is crucial to understanding what made Jesus so significant.

At some times, Jesus actually criticizes the Pharisees for being too dogmatic when the OT law were more like guidelines. The part where Jesus tells his followers to not fast on the sabbath and that Elijah or Solomon and his men ate of the temple priest’s food they had set aside which was not for them- that is a major one I can immediately think of where Jesus basically tells them to leave the laws of the OT behind. Jesus saying as well that all food is clean is another example. He clearly had something against the Pharisees for not seeing the forest for the trees. They dogmatically followed laws and made a great show of their subservience to the laws when spiritually they were as far from god as possible

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Why even read the Old Testament if Jesus invalidated it? It would be better to read the NT twice than the OT + NT