Luke 16:17

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

Literal Standard Version

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 [are] until John; since then the good news of the Kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone presses into it;

18Everyone who is sending his wife away, and marrying another, commits adultery; and everyone who is marrying her sent away from a husband commits adultery.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:8Grass has withered, the flower faded, || But a word of our God rises forever.

Matthew 5:18for truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the Law, until all may come to pass.

Romans 3:31Do we then make law useless through faith? Let it not be! Indeed, we establish law.

2 Peter 3:10and it will come—the Day of the LORD—as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will be dissolved with burning heat, and [the] earth and the works in it will not be found.

Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a 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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