Mark 13:31
29 So also, when you see these things happening, know that He is near, right at the door.
30 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
32 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
33 Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- KJV
- Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- WEB
- Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- ASV
- Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- DARBY
- The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.
- BLB
- The heaven and the earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- ÅB
- Himmel og jord skal forgå, men mine ord skal ingenlunde forgå.
- OTB
- Selv om himmel og jord kan forgå, skal Mine ord aldri forgå.
- B1930
- Himmel og jord skal forgå, men mine ord skal ingenlunde forgå.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
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 contextMatthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Read in contextLuke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Read in contextMatthew 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 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 contextHebrews 1:10–12
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Read in contextNumbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
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