Luke 16:17

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

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

In Context

16“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:8The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”

Matthew 5:18For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

Romans 3:31Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.

2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat; and the earth and the works that are in it will be burnt up.

Revelation 21:1I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth have 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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