Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
However, it is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the Law to be dropped.
A Conservative Version
But it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away [i.e., to be destroyed. See II Pet. 3:3], than for one portion of a letter of the law of Moses to be dropped.
Anderson New Testament
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law to fail.
Bible in Basic English
But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.
Common New Testament
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fail.
Daniel Mace New Testament
yet heaven and earth may sooner pass away, than any part of the law be unaccomplish'd.
Darby Translation
But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.
Godbey New Testament
And it is easier that heaven and earth pass away, than one tittle fall from the law.
Goodspeed New Testament
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dotting of an i in the Law to go unfulfilled.
John Wesley New Testament
Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than for one tittle of the law to fail.
Julia Smith Translation
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one horn of the law to fall.
King James 2000
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one dot of the law to fail.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But it is easier [for] heaven and earth to pass away than [for] one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.
Modern King James verseion
And it is easier for the heaven and earth to pass than for one tittle of the Law to fail.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Sooner shall heaven and earth perish, than one tittle of the law shall perish.
Moffatt New Testament
Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for an iota of the Law to lapse.
Montgomery New Testament
"Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away then for one title of the law to fail.
NET Bible
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.
New Heart English Bible
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the Law to become void.
Noyes New Testament
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail.
Sawyer New Testament
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law to fail.
The Emphasized Bible
But it is, easier, for heaven and earth to pass away, than that, of the law, one little point, should fail.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail.
Twentieth Century New Testament
It would be easier for the heavens and the earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the Law to be lost.
Webster
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Weymouth New Testament
But it is easier for earth and sky to pass away than for one smallest detail of the Law to fall to the ground.
Williams New Testament
It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dotting of an 'i' in the law to fail.
World English Bible
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
Worrell New Testament
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
Worsley New Testament
Though it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.
Themes
Evangelism » When the kingdom of God began to be preached
Topics
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 16:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Additional Teachings
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. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall. 18 Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.
Cross References
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.
Psalm 102:25-27
Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
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.
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.