Luke 16:17

But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

Darby Translation

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: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

18Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever.

Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass.

Romans 3:31Do we then make void law by faith? Far be the thought: [no,] but we establish law.

2 Peter 3:10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea exists 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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