Luke 16:17

But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.

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In The King James Version

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

In Context

16The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.

18Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:8The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.

Matthew 5:18Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

Romans 3:31Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.

2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were gone; and there was no more sea.

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:2-19

The Unjust Steward. 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of… Read the whole commentary →

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