Luke 16:17 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fall away.

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 by 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 dissolved 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.”