Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth shall pass (away), but my words shall not pass (away).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

In Context

32Truly I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all things be done. (I tell you the truth, that this generation shall not pass away, until all these things have happened.)

34But take ye heed to yourselves (or Keep watch over yourselves), lest peradventure your hearts be grieved with gluttony, and drunkenness, and (the) busynesses of this life, and that day come suddenly on you;

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Cross References

Psalms 102:26Those shall perish, but thou dwellest perfectly; and all shall wax eld as a cloth. And thou shalt change them as a covering, and those shall be changed; (They shall perish, but thou shalt live forever; all of them shall grow old like a cloak. And thou shalt change them like a covering, and they shall be changed;)

Isaiah 51:6Raise your eyes to heaven, and see ye under earth beneath; for why heavens shall melt away as smoke, and the earth shall be all-broken as a cloth, and the dwellers thereof shall perish as these things; but mine health shall be without end, and my rightfulness shall not fail. (Raise up your eyes to the heavens, and see ye under the earth beneath; for the heavens shall melt away like smoke, and the earth shall be torn like a cloak, and its inhabitants shall perish like these things; but my deliverance, or my salvation, shall be forever, and my justice, or my judgement, shall not fail.)

Matthew 24:35heaven and earth shall pass (away), but my words shall not pass (away).

1 Peter 1:25but the word of the Lord dwelleth [into] without end (or but the word of the Lord remaineth forever). And this is the word, that is preached to you.

Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and one sitting on it, from whose sight (the) earth fled [or flew away], and heaven, (or from whose sight the earth, and heaven, fled or flew away); and the place is not found of them.

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:30-38

Judgments Predicted. 29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts… Read the whole commentary →

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