Luke 16:17

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

Majority Standard Bible

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 proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and everyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:8The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was 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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