For New Testament, I generally use NRSV with NOAB. The Entirety of Galatians 3 and other letters from Paul are teaching the exact opposite of Jesus' quote in Matthew. I don't know how one reads Paul and does not see he is a contradiction of Jesus. Acts clearly shows Paul who never met Jesus (but claims to have seen him in dreams) has a very different viewpoint from the apostles that did meet Jesus and were close to him.
This shouldn't come as a surprise to you. Thomas Jefferson wrote: "Of this band of dupes and impostors, Paul was the great Coryphaeus, and the first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus."
For New Testament, I generally use NRSV with NOAB. The Entirety of Galatians 3 and other letters from Paul are teaching the exact opposite of Jesus' quote in Matthew. I don't know how one reads Paul and does not see he is a contradiction of Jesus. Acts clearly shows Paul who never met Jesus (but claims to have seen him in dreams) has a very different viewpoint from the apostles that did meet Jesus and were close to him.
This shouldn't come as a surprise to you. Thomas Jefferson wrote: "Of this band of dupes and impostors, Paul was the great Coryphaeus, and the first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus."
See this for a bit of a discussion on the topic: https://danizier.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/paul-vs-jesus-and-james/