Luke 16:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ “The Torah and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since then, the Good News of the kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and everyone tries forcing his way in.

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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

As you go, proclaim, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near!’

Matthew 15:11

It’s not what goes into the mouth that makes the man unholy; but what comes out of the mouth, this makes the man unholy.”

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and even after you saw this, you had no change of heart to believe him.”

Matthew 3:2

“Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”

Matthew 4:17

From then on, Yeshua began to proclaim, “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 4:23

Yeshua was going throughout all the Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.

Mark 1:14

Now after John was put in jail, Yeshua came into the Galilee, proclaiming the Good News of God.

Mark 1:45

But he went out and began to proclaim and spread the word, so much that Yeshua could no longer enter a town openly but had to stay out in wilderness areas. Still, they kept on coming to Him from everywhere.

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dust of your town sticking to our feet, we wipe off as a witness to you. But know this! The kingdom of God has come near.’

Luke 10:9

Then heal the sick in that town, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

Luke 16:29

“But Abraham says, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets. Let them listen to them.’

Luke 16:31

“But Abraham said, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead!’”

Luke 9:2

He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.

John 1:45

Philip finds Nathanael and tells him, “We’ve found the One that Moses in the Torah, and also the prophets, wrote about—Yeshua of Natzeret, the son of Joseph!”

John 11:48

If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our holy place and our nation.”

John 12:19

So the Pharisees said to each other, “You see that you can’t do anything. Look, the whole world has taken off after Him!”

John 5:4

Acts 3:18

But what God foretold through the mouth of all His prophets—that His Messiah was to suffer—so He has fulfilled.