Luke 16:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to fail and become void.

American Standard Version (1901)

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

Common English Bible

It’s easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest stroke of a pen in the Law to drop out.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fall away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall.

Luke 16:17 Cross References

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers; the flower fades,]] but the word of our God will stand forever.

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look at the earth beneath, for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and those who live on it will die like gnats, but my salvation will be forever, and my deliverance will never be ended.

Matthew 5:18

For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Romans 3:31

Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord endures forever.” That word is the good news that was announced to you.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

Revelation 21:4

he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.”