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Luke 16:17

Forsooth it is lighter (for) heaven and earth to pass (away), than that one tittle fall from the law. (For it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot to fall away from the Law.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 till to John; from that time the realm of God is evangelized [or is preached], and each man doeth violence into it.

18Every man that forsaketh his wife, and weddeth another, doeth lechery [or doeth adultery]; and he that weddeth the wife forsaken of the husband, doeth adultery, (or and he who weddeth the wife left by her husband, doeth adultery).

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:8the hay is dried up, and the flower fell down; but the word of the Lord dwelleth, either shall stand, without end. (and the grass drieth up, and the flower falleth down; but the word of the Lord shall stand forever.)

Matthew 5:18Forsooth I say to you, till heaven and earth pass (away), one letter, [or one i, that is, the least letter], or one tittle shall not pass (away) from the law, till all things be done.

Romans 3:31Destroy we therefore the law by faith? God forbid; but we stablish the law.

2 Peter 3:10For the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which (the) heavens with great rush, [or fierceness], shall pass (away), and (the) elements shall be dissolved by heat, and the earth, and all the works that be in it, shall be burnt (up).

Revelation 21:1And I saw (a) new heaven and (a) new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth went away, and the sea is not now (or 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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