Mark 13:31
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
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- 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 withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Read in contextMatthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Read in contextLuke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Read in contextMatthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Read in contextPsalms 102:25–27
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Read in contextHebrews 1:10–12
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Read in contextNumbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
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