Luke 16:17

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than one letter from the law to pass away.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 Juchanon; from thenceforth the kingdom of Aloha is preached, and every one presseth to enter.

18Every one who looseth his wife, and taketh another, committeth adultery; and every one who taketh the dismissed, committeth adultery.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:18For, Amen I say unto you, that until heaven and earth shall pass away, one yod, or one point, shall not pass from the law, till all be done.

Romans 3:31Do we therefore the law abolish by faith? Not so, but the law itself we establish.

2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord cometh as a thief: that (day) in which the heavens suddenly shall pass away, but the elements burning be dissolved, and the earth and the works that are in it be found not.

Revelation 21:1AND I saw new heavens and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had gone, 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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