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

¹⁴ All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus. ¹⁵ "You," said Jesus, "are the men who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among men may be an abomination in the sight of God.

¹⁶ The Law and the Prophets sufficed until the time of John. Since then the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been told, and everybody has been forcing his way into it. ¹⁷ 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.