Luke 16:17

But it is easier for earth and sky to pass away than for one smallest detail of the Law to fall to the ground.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 continued until John came: from that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been spreading, and all classes have been forcing their way into it.

18Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:18Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law until all has taken place.

Romans 3:31Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.

2 Peter 3:10The day of the Lord will come like a thief--it will be a day on which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements be destroyed in the fierce heat, and the earth and all the works of man be utterly burnt up.

Revelation 21:1And I saw a new Heaven and a new earth; for the first Heaven and the first earth were gone, and the sea no longer exists.

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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