Matthew 24:35
The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words may, no, not pass away.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
In Context
34Truly I say to you, this generation will, no, not pass away, until all these things happen.
36But about that day and hour no man knows, not even the agents of the heavens, except my Father only.
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Psalms 89:34I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is tried. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Isaiah 40:8The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness shall not depart from thee, nor shall my covenant of peace be removed, says LORD who has mercy on thee.
Jeremiah 31:35Thus says LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar. LORD of hosts is his name.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:33-51
Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth… Read the whole commentary →