Jesus taught under the Sinai covenant, and He primarily spoke to people who were under the Sinai covenant. That covenant did not come to an end until His death on the cross, after He had fulfilled it. The new covenant in His blood did not begin until the last supper, and we Christians are under the new covenant, not the obsolete and long-since-faded away old Sinai covenant.
The first followers of Jesus were Jews, and the first Christians were Jesus' Jewish disciples.
Jesus obeyed the Law in its entirety, as it applied to Him. He mocked the Pharisees for following man-made traditions, not for following the Law. Indeed, when criticizing the Pharisees for their practices, He said,
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former." (Matthew 23:23)
This clearly shows that He expected the Jews to follow more than just the ten commandments.
The first followers of Jesus were Jews, and the first Christians were Jesus' Jewish disciples.
Jesus obeyed the Law in its entirety, as it applied to Him. He mocked the Pharisees for following man-made traditions, not for following the Law. Indeed, when criticizing the Pharisees for their practices, He said,
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former." (Matthew 23:23)
This clearly shows that He expected the Jews to follow more than just the ten commandments.
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