Parallel Verses
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.
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.
American Standard Version
But it is easier for heaven and 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.
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
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 16:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Additional Teachings
16 Until John came, it was the Law and the Prophets. From that time the Kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone has been crowding into it. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dotting of an i in the Law to go unfulfilled. 18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced from her husband commits adultery.
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Cross References
Matthew 5:18
For I tell you, as long as heaven and earth endure, not one dotting of an i or crossing of a t will be dropped from the Law until it is all observed.
Luke 21:33
Earth and sky will pass away, but my words will not.
Romans 3:31
Is this using faith to overthrow law? Far from it. This confirms the Law.
1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the Lord will last forever," that is, the good news that has been brought to you.
2 Peter 3:10
The Day of the Lord will come like a thief; on it the heavens will pass away with a roar, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth and all its works will melt away.
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne with a being seated on it from whose presence earth and sky fled so far that they could not be found.
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 there was no longer any sea.
Revelation 21:4
and he will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no death any longer, nor any grief or crying or pain. The old order has passed away."