Luke 16:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ “Before John the Baptizer came, God wanted the people to live by the law \{of Moses\} and the writings of the prophets. {\cf2\super [263]} But since the time of John, the Good News about the kingdom of God is being told. Many people are trying hard to get into the kingdom of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Until John came, there were the Law and the Prophets; since then the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone strives violently to go in [would force his own way rather than God's way into it].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Until John, there was only the Law and the Prophets. Since then, the good news of God’s kingdom is preached, and everyone is urged to enter it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ The law and the prophets were until John. Since then, the kingdom of God is being evangelized, and everyone acts with violence toward it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.

Luke 16:16 Cross References

Matthew 10:7

When you go, tell them this: ‘The kingdom of heaven is coming soon.’

Matthew 15:11

It is not the things a person puts in his mouth that make him wrong. {\cf2\super [206]} It is the things a person says with his mouth that make him wrong.”

Matthew 21:32

John came showing you the right way to live. And you did not believe John. But the tax collectors and prostitutes believed John. And you saw that the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. But you still refused to change and believe him.

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon.”

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to tell people \{what God wanted\}. This is what he said: “Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon.”

Matthew 4:23

Jesus went everywhere in the country of Galilee. Jesus taught in the synagogues {\cf2\super [54]} and told the Good News about the kingdom of heaven. And Jesus healed all the people’s diseases and sicknesses.

Mark 1:14

After this, John was put into prison. Jesus went into Galilee and told people the Good News from God.

Mark 1:45

The man left there and told all the people he saw that Jesus had healed him. So the news about Jesus spread. And that is why Jesus could not enter a town if people saw him. Jesus stayed in places where people did not live. But people came from all the towns to the places where Jesus was.

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dirt (dust) from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the kingdom of God is coming soon.’

Luke 10:9

Heal the sick people that live there. Then tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is soon coming to you!’

Luke 16:29

But Abraham said, ‘They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets {\cf2\super [267]} to read; let them learn from that!’

Luke 16:31

But Abraham said to him, ‘No! If your brothers won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, then they won’t listen to someone that comes back from death.’”

Luke 9:2

Jesus sent the apostles to tell about God’s kingdom and to heal the sick.

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “Remember what Moses wrote in the law. Moses wrote about a man that was coming. The prophets {\cf2\super [30]} wrote about him too. We have found him. His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph. He is from Nazareth.”

John 11:48

If we let him continue doing these things, all the people will believe in him. Then the Romans will come and take away our temple {\cf2\super [182]} and our nation.”

John 12:19

So the Pharisees {\cf2\super [198]} said to each other, “Look! Our plan is not working. All the people are following him!”

John 5:4

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Acts 3:18

God said that these things would happen. God said through the prophets {\cf2\super [55]} that his Christ {\cf2\super [56]} would suffer and die. I have told you how God made this happen.