Luke 16:17

"Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away then for one title of the law to fail.

Montgomery New Testament

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

16"The Law and the Prophet lasted until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and any one presses in.

18"Every man who divorces his wife and marries some one else, commits adultery; and he who marries one who is put away by her husband commits adultery.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:18"In solemn truth I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until all has taken place.

Romans 3:31Do we then render law invalid through faith? Certainly not; on the contrary we make it stand.

2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that Day the heavens will vanish with a crash, the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and all its works will be burned up.

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