Jesus Affirms the Old Testament

Here is a detailed list of examples of Jesus affirming the OT:

Those parts of the Old Testament that are most commonly rejected as in error are also those sections of Scripture that Jesus clearly taught. Jesus treated Old Testament narratives as straightforward facts, including:

• Creation - Mark 10:6, Luke 11:51

• Adam and Eve - Matt. 19:4-5, Mark 10:6-8

• Cain and the murder of Abel - Matt. 23:35, Luke 11:51

• Noah and the flood - Matt. 24:37-39, Luke 17:26-27

• Abraham - John 8:56

• Sodom and Gomorrah - Matt. 10:15, 11:23-24, Luke 10:12, John 17:24

• Lot - Luke 17:28-32

• Isaac and Jacob - Matt. 8:11, Luke 13:28

• Manna - John 6:31, 49, 58

• The wilderness serpent - John 3:14

• Moses as lawgiver - Matt. 8:4, 19:8, Mark 1:44, 7:10, 10:5, 12:26, Luke 5:14, 20:37, John 5:46, 7:19

• The popularity of the false prophets - Luke 6:26

• Jonah - Matt. 12:40