Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
In Context
30Amen I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, until all these things be done.
32But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor as the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?
2 Kings 15:12This was the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Jehu, saying: Thy children to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.
Psalms 102:25Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.
Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the earth shall be worn away like a garment, and the inhabitants thereof shall perish in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice shall not fail.
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.
Luke 21:33Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Matthew Henry on Mark 13:29-37
Watchfulness Inculcated. 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven,… Read the whole commentary →