Luke 16:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ 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 withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Isaiah 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.

Matthew 5:18

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Romans 3:31

Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

1 Peter 1:25

But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

Revelation 21:1

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

Revelation 21:4

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.