Luke 16:16 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁶ The law and the prophets [were] until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone enters forcibly into it.

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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

And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

Matthew 15:11

Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; but you, having seen, did not repent afterwards, that you might believe him.

Matthew 3:2

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Matthew 4:23

And Jesus went about all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.

Mark 1:14

Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

Mark 1:45

But he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread widely the report, so that He was no longer able to enter into a city, but was outside in deserted places; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.

Luke 10:11

'The very dust from your city which clings to us we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has drawn near to you.'

Luke 10:9

And heal the sick there, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has drawn near to you.'

Luke 16:29

Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'

Luke 16:31

But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded should one rise from the dead.' "

Luke 9:2

And He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found the [One] about whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the Prophets-Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

John 11:48

If we leave Him alone in this way, all will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and will take away both our place and nation."

John 12:19

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "You see that you are not doing any good. Look, the world has gone after Him!"

John 5:4

For an angel from time to[ ]time descended into the pool and stirred up the water; therefore the first [one] having gone in after the stirring up of the water, became well of whatever disease he was suffering.

Acts 3:18

But those things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.