Luke 16:17

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fall away.

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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 until John. Since then, the kingdom of God is being evangelized, and everyone acts with violence toward it.

18Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. And whoever marries her who has been divorced by her husband commits adultery.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:8The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”

Matthew 5:18Amen I say to you, certainly, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota, not one dot shall pass away from the law, until all is done.

Romans 3:31Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand.

2 Peter 3:10Then the day of the Lord shall arrive like a thief. On that day, the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and truly the elements shall be dissolved with heat; then the earth, and the works that are within it, shall be completely burned up.

Revelation 21:1I saw the new heaven and the new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more.

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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