Luke 16:17
15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
- KJV
- And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
- WEB
- But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
- ASV
- But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
- DARBY
- But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.
- BLB
- But it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away than one stroke of a letter of the Law to fall.
- ÅB
- men før skal himmel og jord forgå før en eneste tøddel av loven skal falle bort.
- OTB
- Men det er lettere for himmel og jord å forgå enn for en eneste tøddel av loven å falle bort.
- B1930
- men før skal himmel og jord forgå før en eneste tøddel av loven skal falle bort.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 5:18
For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Read in contextLuke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Read in context1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
Read in contextRomans 3:31
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
Read in contextPsalms 102:25–27
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Read in contextRevelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
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