We will investigate Jesus' relationship and thoughts on the Scriptures.
Did He know it?
Did He trust it?
Did He believe it was fact? Was He wrong in that belief?
Jesus quoted the O.T. 78 times that are recorded!
Jesus quoted 27 Old Testament books in the New Testament.
Jesus taught that Adam and Eve, Abel, Noah and Jonah were real people and that their stories really happened.
In John 17:17 Jesus prayed: "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."
"The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God’s Law wears out." Jesus Luke 16 The MSG.
Here is a great page of what Jesus said:
www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_1239.cfm
Jesus never cast doubt on any of parts of the Old Testament on the contrary He believed all of it was equally authoritative. Consequently, Christians, to be consistent, should have the same view as Jesus.
When He spoke of the Scriptures being true “to the smallest letter” (Matthew 5:18, NIV), Jesus put His person and character on the line. In fact, Jesus said that all He did was done to fulfill the Scriptures. He lived and died by them, as the perfect expression of His Father’s will. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4, emphasis added).
We think of the Gospels as a record of what Jesus did and said, but from Jesus’s view His life and ministry fulfilled what the Scriptures said! There can be no stronger statement than for Jesus to claim that the Bible was God-inspired. Claiming to be God Himself, He said the Scriptures were given to show and verify who He is. The Bible thus confirms Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ confirms the Bible. You can appeal to no higher authority than Him.
The New Testament quotes or alludes to Old Testament verses 855 times! They really knew and trusted the Old Testament scriptures. Here are the statistics:
www.blueletterbible.org/study/pnt/pnt08.cfm
When He spoke of the Scriptures being true “to the smallest letter” (Matthew 5:18, NIV), Jesus put His person and character on the line. In fact, Jesus said that all He did was done to fulfill the Scriptures. He lived and died by them, as the perfect expression of His Father’s will. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4, emphasis added).
We think of the Gospels as a record of what Jesus did and said, but from Jesus’s view His life and ministry fulfilled what the Scriptures said! There can be no stronger statement than for Jesus to claim that the Bible was God-inspired. Claiming to be God Himself, He said the Scriptures were given to show and verify who He is. The Bible thus confirms Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ confirms the Bible. You can appeal to no higher authority than Him.
The New Testament quotes or alludes to Old Testament verses 855 times! They really knew and trusted the Old Testament scriptures. Here are the statistics:
www.blueletterbible.org/study/pnt/pnt08.cfm
Here is a great article about what Jesus believed. >> CLICK HERE
In John 5 Jesus tied belief in the OT to belief in what He himself said---if you doubt Moses, you doubt me-------------:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
if Jesus taught error, then He would have lied to His listeners, in which case He would have been a sinner. If He unwittingly taught error, then He would have misled His followers, making Him a false teacher. Either option leaves us with a Jesus who is sinful and less than God. If Jesus had sinned, then He could not have been the spotless Lamb who appeased God’s wrath by His sacrificial death on the Cross, because He would have needed to die for His own sins. If Jesus did not die for our sins, then we are still in our sins and are headed for an eternity in the lake of fire. Tim Chaffey and Roger Patterson
Consider the fact that Jesus quoted from the Old Testament numerous times throughout His ministry. He quoted from Deuteronomy (6:13,16; 8:3) when tempted by Satan in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11). When the Pharisees conivingly asked Jesus a question about divorce (Matthew 19:1-10), the master Teacher directed their attention to God’s plan for marriage as recorded in the first book of the Bible (Genesis 1:27; 2:24; 5:2). When dying on the cross (Matthew 27:46), Jesus quoted from Psalm 22:1. Genesis, Deuteronomy, and the book of Psalms did not become authoritative when Jesus quoted from them; they were already authoritative, because they came from God. After quoting from the relatively obscure words in Psalm 82:6, Jesus said, “the Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35). That is, it is impossible for Scripture to be annulled, for its authority to be denied, or its truth to be withstood (see Warfield, 1970, pp. 138-140). “It cannot be emptied of its force by being shown to be erroneous” (Morris, 1995, p. 468). Why? Because it was the authoritative, inspired, reliable Word of God, even before Jesus quoted from it. Eric Lyons http://www.apologeticspress.org
He used Old Testament Scripture in His itinerant ministry in four ways.
4. He constantly used the prophecies about Himself. Jesus used Psalm 118 to foretell His own rejection as the stone the builders rejected that became the Cornerstone of our salvation. He also used to it to tell that the Kingdom of God would be taken from the Jews and given to the Gentiles. History validated that! Jesus quoted from Psalm 41 to tell of the betrayal by Judas. He quoted from Isaiah 53 to tell of His own death on Calvary. Of course, He used the story of Jonah as a pre-figure of His own death, burial, and resurrection.
from CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY by Nazarene scholar H Orton Wiley
The Declaration of Our Lord. Christ declared the Old Testament to be of divine authority, and His testimony must be the final word as to the nature and results of inspiration. His witness is perfect in meeting the demands of Christian faith. He regarded the Old Testament as a completed canon, and expressly declared that the least ordinance or commandment must have its perfect fulfillment. This is the meaning of the words one jot or tittle (Matt. 5:18). To this we may add that the nature of our Lord's testimony is such, that while sanctioning the whole body of sacred writers, he speaks as one above them. He never claims for Himself the limited inspiration of the prophets for it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell (Col. 1:19) and again, For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily (Col. 2:9). In this connection, also, we have the testimony of John the Baptist to the supreme authority of Christ. He that cometh from above is above all; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. . . . . For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him (John 3:31, 34). Here the fullness of revelation and the highest form of inspiration are conjoined in the words of Christ.
To the Jews who opposed Him, He said, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by' your tradition? (Matt. 15:3, 6). Here the Old Testament is expressly stated to be the Word of God. To the tempter in the wilderness, Christ replied, It is written, a formula which among the Jews signified that the quotation was from one of the sacred books and therefore divinely inspired. Jesus quotes from four out of the five books of Moses, from the Psalms, from Isaiah, Zechariah and Malachi. He recognized the threefold division of the Scriptures which was common among the Jews-the law, the prophets and the psalms (Luke 24:44, 45), and declared that these testified of Himself. This is brought out again in a controversy with the Jews, in which He says, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me (John 5:39). He further asserted that the Scriptures were the Word of God, and that the Scriptures cannot be broken (John 10:35). In His post-resurrection exposition to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus, it is said that beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself (Luke 24:27). Here He recognized the whole content of Scripture in its unity and declares specifically that it refers to His own Person and work.
Here is a brief list of some of what Jesus taught about the Old Testament:
“Whether He used it for illustration, as a basis of argument, in warning, or as a prophecy fulfilled in Himself,
He handled the ancient record with a holy reverence in the belief that it was the Word of God.”
Consider the manner in which Christ Jesus depended upon the Scriptures in His conflict with Satan. He defeated Satan by quoting Scripture—“it is written”. He said that heaven and earth would pass away but His words would never pass away. He said that the words He spoke were Spirit and Life. Why did Jesus rely upon the texts of Scripture? Instead of blasting Satan with the power of His own authority, He was setting us an example of how Satan can best be defeated.
“The only alternative to the acceptance of the Bible as the Word of God, is to discredit the person of Christ and to discount His testimony.” This is a dilemma that has only two sides: to fully accept the testimony of Jesus concerning the Scriptures as divinely true; or to follow after some unprovable notion that wilfully chooses to reject both Him and His testimony.
"Jesus Christ spoke of literal events in Genesis, such as the creation and marriage of the first man and woman (in Matthew 19:4–5) and the global Flood in Noah’s day (in Matthew 24:38–39). Christ also connected the importance of accepting the accounts of Moses with a good understanding of who He is and why He came. He said, “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” (John 5:46–47). Moses’ writings in Genesis explain how God created a perfectly good world, how that good world was corrupted after man sinned, and how God planned to send Christ into the world to suffer the awful penalty for mankind’s sins.
So who should Christians believe? People who were not present to see our origins, or the Son of God who bought us with His precious blood (1 Peter 1:18–19)? We should believe the Son of God by whom, through whom, and for whom all things were created (Colossians 1:16–17). John 1:3 informs us, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” Accepting theistic evolution is a compromise position that distorts the true meaning of evolution and thereby claims support from evidence that actually stands against it. Regardless of any good intentions, theistic evolutionists also twist Scripture and weaken the fabric of biblical doctrine. How can ignoring the very words of Jesus Christ promote genuine Christian growth?" Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell
Jesus Submitted to the Bible’s Authority
Jesus Christ not only believed the Bible, He lived His entire life— and went to the Cross—in obedience to it. He said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17).
Jesus obeyed the Bible, not as the fallible word and will of man but as the word—and express will—of God His Father (see John 5:30). He relied on the Bible (and no other book) as His authority for life.
When Satan tempted Christ to act contrary to God’s Word, He rebuked Satan and exalted the Scriptures as God’s words: “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). This response to Satan was, in fact, a direct quote from the Law (Deuteronomy 8:3).
Here are four other key statements that Christ made about the Scriptures and the folly of not believing all it says:
So Christ’s claims about the Scripture are the most potent evidence of its truth. A denial of the Bible is a direct challenge to His integrity and truthfulness.
FROM Bible.org "Note what Christ taught about the inspiration of the Old Testament:
(1) Its entirety; the whole of the Bible is inspired (Matt. 4:4; 5:17-18). In Matthew 4:4, Jesus responded to Satan’s temptation by affirming verbal plenary inspiration when He said, man is to live by every word (plenary) that proceeds out of the mouth of God (inspiration). In Matthew 5:17-18, Christ promised that the entire Old Testament, the Law and the Prophets, would be fulfilled, not abolished. In fact, He declared that not even the smallest Hebrew letter, the yodh, which looks like an apostrophe (‘), or stroke of a letter, a small distinguishing extension or protrusion of several Hebrews letters (cf. the extension on the letter R with it absence on the letter P), would pass away until all is fulfilled. Christ’s point is that it is all inspired and true and will be fulfilled.
(2) Its historicity; He spoke of the Old Testament in terms of actual history. Adam and Eve were two human beings, created by God in the beginning, who lived and acted in certain ways (Matt. 19:3-5; Mark 10:6-8). He spoke of Jonah and his experience in the belly of the great fish as an historical event (Matt. 12:40). He also verified the events of the flood in Noah’s day along with the ark (Matt. 24:38-39; Luke 17:26-27). He verified God’s destruction of Sodom and the historicity of Lot and his wife (Matt. 10:15; Luke 17:28-29). These are only a few illustrations; many others exist.
(3) Its reliability; because it is God’s word, the Scripture must be fulfilled (Matt. 26:54).
(4) Its sufficiency; it is sufficient to witness to the truth of God and His salvation (Luke 16:31).
(5) Its indestructibility; heaven and earth will not pass away until it is all fulfilled. Nothing can stop its fulfillment (Matt. 5:17-18).
(6) Its unity; the whole of the Bible speaks and witnesses to the person and work of Christ (Luke 24:27, 44).
(7) Its inerrancy; men are often in error, but the Bible is not; it is truth (Matt. 22:29; John 17:17).
(8) Its infallibility; the Bible cannot be broken, it always stands the test (John 10:35)."
creation.com/jesus-christ-on-the-infallibility-of-scripture Here is more on Jesus and scripture.
We Have Three Choices With Respect To Jesus’ Testimony
Since Jesus demonstrated total trust in the Scriptures, we have three different ways in which we can look at the matter. He was either deceived, ignorant, or He was telling the truth.
1. Jesus Was A Deceiver
If Jesus knew the Scriptures contained errors but taught the people that they were error-free, then He was a deceiver. This would make Jesus guilty of lying. Whatever His motive may have been, it would prove that we could neither trust Him nor the Scriptures.
2. Jesus Was Ignorant
If the Bible contains factual errors of which Jesus did not know, then it affects the way we view Him. If He were ignorant of this fact, then it is possible that He was ignorant of other facts. Logically if the Bible is not inerrant and Jesus thought it was, then He cannot be the One whom He claimed to be – God the Son. If we cannot trust Him on this subject then we cannot trust Him on any subject.
3. The Bible Is Inerrant
The only alternative that fits the facts is that Jesus taught the inerrancy of the Bible because He knew it was true. Since He has demonstrated that He has the authority to make such statements His Word on the subject is final. Thus, if we are to be consistent we will approach the Bible in the same manner as our Lord—believing it to be error-free.
Summary
The position of Jesus with respect to errors in the Bible is clear - He believed the Scripture was error-free. This can be found in the fact that He considered every Word to be trustworthy, believed the entire Old Testament was historically accurate, taught that the Scriptures were a unity, argued that everything written must be fulfilled, and believed that it contained enough information sufficient for salvation. He also quoted the Scriptures to defend His actions. Jesus Christ totally trusted the Scripture and so should we.
We cannot reject the attitude of Jesus without undermining His entire authority. Either He knew what He was talking about or He did not. If He did not, then He was either a willful deceiver or He was ignorant.
The only other choice is that the Bible is inerrant, like Jesus believed. This is the biblical position and this is where all the evidence leads us.
if Jesus taught error, then He would have lied to His listeners, in which case He would have been a sinner. If He unwittingly taught error, then He would have misled His followers, making Him a false teacher. Either option leaves us with a Jesus who is sinful and less than God. If Jesus had sinned, then He could not have been the spotless Lamb who appeased God’s wrath by His sacrificial death on the Cross, because He would have needed to die for His own sins. If Jesus did not die for our sins, then we are still in our sins and are headed for an eternity in the lake of fire. Tim Chaffey and Roger Patterson
Consider the fact that Jesus quoted from the Old Testament numerous times throughout His ministry. He quoted from Deuteronomy (6:13,16; 8:3) when tempted by Satan in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11). When the Pharisees conivingly asked Jesus a question about divorce (Matthew 19:1-10), the master Teacher directed their attention to God’s plan for marriage as recorded in the first book of the Bible (Genesis 1:27; 2:24; 5:2). When dying on the cross (Matthew 27:46), Jesus quoted from Psalm 22:1. Genesis, Deuteronomy, and the book of Psalms did not become authoritative when Jesus quoted from them; they were already authoritative, because they came from God. After quoting from the relatively obscure words in Psalm 82:6, Jesus said, “the Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35). That is, it is impossible for Scripture to be annulled, for its authority to be denied, or its truth to be withstood (see Warfield, 1970, pp. 138-140). “It cannot be emptied of its force by being shown to be erroneous” (Morris, 1995, p. 468). Why? Because it was the authoritative, inspired, reliable Word of God, even before Jesus quoted from it. Eric Lyons http://www.apologeticspress.org
He used Old Testament Scripture in His itinerant ministry in four ways.
- He used them for illustrations. “In doing so, He authenticated the historicity [historical actuality] of the incidents to which He referred.” Those things actually occurred at a past point in time as He described them. They were not fables, traditions, or folklore passed down from generation to generation and embellished with the telling. When He referenced the Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Solomon, the Gentile widow in the days of Elijah, Naaman the Gentile leper, the brazen serpent in the wilderness, the manna, and others, He used them as facts to illustrate the important lesson He was presenting at the moment. He was stating a future fact made credible by an historical happening.
- He used them as a basis for arguments. When the Sadducees, who did not believe in the resurrection, tried to trap Him with their hypothetical case of the woman married to five brothers without ever having a child by any of them and asking whose wife she would be in the resurrection, Jesus took the occasion to set forth the certainty of the resurrection and life after death. He used the incident of Moses who talked with God in the burning bush by predicating His teachings concerning immortality upon the historicity of that event. He made a similar argument concerning disciples eating grain from a field on the Sabbath (David and his men eating dedicated food in a military emergency) and the sanctity of marriage concerning divorce (the special and specific creation of mankind).
4. He constantly used the prophecies about Himself. Jesus used Psalm 118 to foretell His own rejection as the stone the builders rejected that became the Cornerstone of our salvation. He also used to it to tell that the Kingdom of God would be taken from the Jews and given to the Gentiles. History validated that! Jesus quoted from Psalm 41 to tell of the betrayal by Judas. He quoted from Isaiah 53 to tell of His own death on Calvary. Of course, He used the story of Jonah as a pre-figure of His own death, burial, and resurrection.
from CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY by Nazarene scholar H Orton Wiley
The Declaration of Our Lord. Christ declared the Old Testament to be of divine authority, and His testimony must be the final word as to the nature and results of inspiration. His witness is perfect in meeting the demands of Christian faith. He regarded the Old Testament as a completed canon, and expressly declared that the least ordinance or commandment must have its perfect fulfillment. This is the meaning of the words one jot or tittle (Matt. 5:18). To this we may add that the nature of our Lord's testimony is such, that while sanctioning the whole body of sacred writers, he speaks as one above them. He never claims for Himself the limited inspiration of the prophets for it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell (Col. 1:19) and again, For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily (Col. 2:9). In this connection, also, we have the testimony of John the Baptist to the supreme authority of Christ. He that cometh from above is above all; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. . . . . For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him (John 3:31, 34). Here the fullness of revelation and the highest form of inspiration are conjoined in the words of Christ.
To the Jews who opposed Him, He said, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by' your tradition? (Matt. 15:3, 6). Here the Old Testament is expressly stated to be the Word of God. To the tempter in the wilderness, Christ replied, It is written, a formula which among the Jews signified that the quotation was from one of the sacred books and therefore divinely inspired. Jesus quotes from four out of the five books of Moses, from the Psalms, from Isaiah, Zechariah and Malachi. He recognized the threefold division of the Scriptures which was common among the Jews-the law, the prophets and the psalms (Luke 24:44, 45), and declared that these testified of Himself. This is brought out again in a controversy with the Jews, in which He says, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me (John 5:39). He further asserted that the Scriptures were the Word of God, and that the Scriptures cannot be broken (John 10:35). In His post-resurrection exposition to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus, it is said that beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself (Luke 24:27). Here He recognized the whole content of Scripture in its unity and declares specifically that it refers to His own Person and work.
Here is a brief list of some of what Jesus taught about the Old Testament:
- Source of Authority
- Imperishability
- "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished," (NASB, Matt. 5:18).
- Unbreakability
- "The Scripture cannot be broken," (NASB, Jn. 10:35).
- Source of Doctrinal Authority
- Jesus appealed to Scripture when correcting false doctrine stating, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God," (NASB, Matt. 22:29).
- Truthfulness
- "Your word is truth," (NASB, Jn. 17:17).
- Historical Reliability
- Jesus affirmed the historical existence of Jonah (Matt. 12:40), Noah (Matt. 24:37-38), and Adam and Eve (Matt. 19:4-6).
- Scientific Reliability
- Jesus affirmed that God created the world (Mk. 13:19; cf. Matt. 19:4).
- Old Testament Canonicity1
- Jesus made reference to the Law and Prophets as a unit, "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill," (Matt. 5:17).
- Jesus explained the Scriptures, "Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures," (NASB, Luke 24:27).
- Jesus referred to the entire Canon by mentioning all the prophets from Abel (from Genesis, the first book and first martyr) to Zechariah (Chronicles, the last book, and the last martyr) (Matt. 23:35).2
- 1.The word "canon" means basically "rule, standard, or norm." In this context, it refers to the accepted books that were in the Jewish Scriptures. These books were the standard by which the Jews taught and lived.
- 2.In the Jewish Canon of Scripture there were 24 books. They are exactly equivalent to the Protestant 39 books of the Old Testament, but they were just arranged differently. In the Jewish arrangement, the first book was Genesis and the last book was Chronicles.
“Whether He used it for illustration, as a basis of argument, in warning, or as a prophecy fulfilled in Himself,
He handled the ancient record with a holy reverence in the belief that it was the Word of God.”
Consider the manner in which Christ Jesus depended upon the Scriptures in His conflict with Satan. He defeated Satan by quoting Scripture—“it is written”. He said that heaven and earth would pass away but His words would never pass away. He said that the words He spoke were Spirit and Life. Why did Jesus rely upon the texts of Scripture? Instead of blasting Satan with the power of His own authority, He was setting us an example of how Satan can best be defeated.
“The only alternative to the acceptance of the Bible as the Word of God, is to discredit the person of Christ and to discount His testimony.” This is a dilemma that has only two sides: to fully accept the testimony of Jesus concerning the Scriptures as divinely true; or to follow after some unprovable notion that wilfully chooses to reject both Him and His testimony.
"Jesus Christ spoke of literal events in Genesis, such as the creation and marriage of the first man and woman (in Matthew 19:4–5) and the global Flood in Noah’s day (in Matthew 24:38–39). Christ also connected the importance of accepting the accounts of Moses with a good understanding of who He is and why He came. He said, “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” (John 5:46–47). Moses’ writings in Genesis explain how God created a perfectly good world, how that good world was corrupted after man sinned, and how God planned to send Christ into the world to suffer the awful penalty for mankind’s sins.
So who should Christians believe? People who were not present to see our origins, or the Son of God who bought us with His precious blood (1 Peter 1:18–19)? We should believe the Son of God by whom, through whom, and for whom all things were created (Colossians 1:16–17). John 1:3 informs us, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” Accepting theistic evolution is a compromise position that distorts the true meaning of evolution and thereby claims support from evidence that actually stands against it. Regardless of any good intentions, theistic evolutionists also twist Scripture and weaken the fabric of biblical doctrine. How can ignoring the very words of Jesus Christ promote genuine Christian growth?" Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell
Jesus Submitted to the Bible’s Authority
Jesus Christ not only believed the Bible, He lived His entire life— and went to the Cross—in obedience to it. He said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17).
Jesus obeyed the Bible, not as the fallible word and will of man but as the word—and express will—of God His Father (see John 5:30). He relied on the Bible (and no other book) as His authority for life.
When Satan tempted Christ to act contrary to God’s Word, He rebuked Satan and exalted the Scriptures as God’s words: “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). This response to Satan was, in fact, a direct quote from the Law (Deuteronomy 8:3).
Here are four other key statements that Christ made about the Scriptures and the folly of not believing all it says:
- “God’s word is truth” (John 17:17).
- “The scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35).
- “It is easier for heaven and earth to pass than for one tittle of the law to fail” (Luke 16:17).
- “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken” (Luke 24:25).
So Christ’s claims about the Scripture are the most potent evidence of its truth. A denial of the Bible is a direct challenge to His integrity and truthfulness.
FROM Bible.org "Note what Christ taught about the inspiration of the Old Testament:
(1) Its entirety; the whole of the Bible is inspired (Matt. 4:4; 5:17-18). In Matthew 4:4, Jesus responded to Satan’s temptation by affirming verbal plenary inspiration when He said, man is to live by every word (plenary) that proceeds out of the mouth of God (inspiration). In Matthew 5:17-18, Christ promised that the entire Old Testament, the Law and the Prophets, would be fulfilled, not abolished. In fact, He declared that not even the smallest Hebrew letter, the yodh, which looks like an apostrophe (‘), or stroke of a letter, a small distinguishing extension or protrusion of several Hebrews letters (cf. the extension on the letter R with it absence on the letter P), would pass away until all is fulfilled. Christ’s point is that it is all inspired and true and will be fulfilled.
(2) Its historicity; He spoke of the Old Testament in terms of actual history. Adam and Eve were two human beings, created by God in the beginning, who lived and acted in certain ways (Matt. 19:3-5; Mark 10:6-8). He spoke of Jonah and his experience in the belly of the great fish as an historical event (Matt. 12:40). He also verified the events of the flood in Noah’s day along with the ark (Matt. 24:38-39; Luke 17:26-27). He verified God’s destruction of Sodom and the historicity of Lot and his wife (Matt. 10:15; Luke 17:28-29). These are only a few illustrations; many others exist.
(3) Its reliability; because it is God’s word, the Scripture must be fulfilled (Matt. 26:54).
(4) Its sufficiency; it is sufficient to witness to the truth of God and His salvation (Luke 16:31).
(5) Its indestructibility; heaven and earth will not pass away until it is all fulfilled. Nothing can stop its fulfillment (Matt. 5:17-18).
(6) Its unity; the whole of the Bible speaks and witnesses to the person and work of Christ (Luke 24:27, 44).
(7) Its inerrancy; men are often in error, but the Bible is not; it is truth (Matt. 22:29; John 17:17).
(8) Its infallibility; the Bible cannot be broken, it always stands the test (John 10:35)."
creation.com/jesus-christ-on-the-infallibility-of-scripture Here is more on Jesus and scripture.
We Have Three Choices With Respect To Jesus’ Testimony
Since Jesus demonstrated total trust in the Scriptures, we have three different ways in which we can look at the matter. He was either deceived, ignorant, or He was telling the truth.
1. Jesus Was A Deceiver
If Jesus knew the Scriptures contained errors but taught the people that they were error-free, then He was a deceiver. This would make Jesus guilty of lying. Whatever His motive may have been, it would prove that we could neither trust Him nor the Scriptures.
2. Jesus Was Ignorant
If the Bible contains factual errors of which Jesus did not know, then it affects the way we view Him. If He were ignorant of this fact, then it is possible that He was ignorant of other facts. Logically if the Bible is not inerrant and Jesus thought it was, then He cannot be the One whom He claimed to be – God the Son. If we cannot trust Him on this subject then we cannot trust Him on any subject.
3. The Bible Is Inerrant
The only alternative that fits the facts is that Jesus taught the inerrancy of the Bible because He knew it was true. Since He has demonstrated that He has the authority to make such statements His Word on the subject is final. Thus, if we are to be consistent we will approach the Bible in the same manner as our Lord—believing it to be error-free.
Summary
The position of Jesus with respect to errors in the Bible is clear - He believed the Scripture was error-free. This can be found in the fact that He considered every Word to be trustworthy, believed the entire Old Testament was historically accurate, taught that the Scriptures were a unity, argued that everything written must be fulfilled, and believed that it contained enough information sufficient for salvation. He also quoted the Scriptures to defend His actions. Jesus Christ totally trusted the Scripture and so should we.
We cannot reject the attitude of Jesus without undermining His entire authority. Either He knew what He was talking about or He did not. If He did not, then He was either a willful deceiver or He was ignorant.
The only other choice is that the Bible is inerrant, like Jesus believed. This is the biblical position and this is where all the evidence leads us.