Luke 16:17

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.

18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband, commmitteth adultery.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:8The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.

Matthew 5:18For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

Romans 3:31Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.

2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and the elements shall be melted with heat, and the earth and the works which are 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 was gone, and the sea is now 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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