Luke 16:14-17 - Hypocrisy, Law, And The Kingdom Of God

14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these [things], and they ridiculed him. 15 And he said to them, "You are the ones who justify themselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts! For [what is] [considered] exalted among men [is] an abomination in the sight of God.

16 "The law and the prophets [were] until John; from that time [on] the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently pressed into it. 17 But it is easier [for] heaven and earth to pass away than [for] one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.