The 'Word' is all you have.
It is beyond clear Jesus never intended to void Jewish Law as He was the Jewish messiah, fronting for the Jewish God, to the Jewish people in fulfillment of Jewish Law.
Matthew even notes in 5:17 onward His followers need to toe the line in regards to observing the Law even better than the Jewish 'leaders' of their time.
That subsequent heretics have hijacked His religion is an abomination, yet no one need succumb to it.
It is beyond clear Jesus never intended to void Jewish Law as He was the Jewish messiah, fronting for the Jewish God, to the Jewish people in fulfillment of Jewish Law.
Matthew even notes in 5:17 onward His followers need to toe the line in regards to observing the Law even better than the Jewish 'leaders' of their time.
That subsequent heretics have hijacked His religion is an abomination, yet no one need succumb to it.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.