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Luke 16:17

But even the smallest part of a letter in the law cannot be changed. It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Word of God;   Scofield Reference Index - Parables;   The Topic Concordance - Evangelism;   Failure;   Kingdom of God;   Law;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tittle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Inspiration;   Parables;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - New Heavens and a New Earth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tittle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Dot;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jot and Tittle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Fulfilment;   Gospels (2);   Heaven ;   Immortality (2);   Israel, Israelite;   Law;   Law (2);   Lawlessness;   Metaphors;   Moses;   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Quotations (2);   Sermon on the Mount;   Sinners;   Steward, Stewardship;   Tittle ;   Violence;   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Tittle;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Games;   Law in the New Testament;   Tittle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 30;  

Parallel Translations

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Soner shall heven and erth perisshe then one tytle of the lawe shall perisshe.
Hebrew Names Version
But it is easier for heaven and eretz to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
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.Psalm 102:21,27; Isaiah 40:8; 51:6; Matthew 5:18; 1 Peter 1:25;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
"But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
New Century Version
It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter in the law to be changed.
Update Bible Version
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Amplified Bible
"Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a letter of the Law to fail and become void.
English Standard Version
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.
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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than for one tittle of the law to fail.
Weymouth's 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe it is liyter heuene and erthe to passe, than that o titil falle fro the lawe.
English Revised Version
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
Berean Standard Bible
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Contemporary English Version
Heaven and earth will disappear before the smallest letter of the Law does.
American Standard Version
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
Bible in Basic English
But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.
Complete Jewish Bible
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the Torah to become void.
Darby Translation
But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.
Etheridge Translation
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than one letter from the law to pass away.
Murdock Translation
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one letter to pass from the law.
King James Version (1611)
And it is easier for heauen and earth to passe, then one title of the law to faile.
New Living Translation
But that doesn't mean that the law has lost its force. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest point of God's law to be overturned.
New Life Bible
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one small part of a word in the Law to be of no more use.
New Revised Standard
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe it is more easie that heauen and earth shoulde passe away, then that one title of the Lawe should fall.
George Lamsa Translation
It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one letter of the law to pass away.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But it is, easier, for heaven and earth to pass away, than that, of the law, one little point, should fail.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fall.
Revised Standard Version
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to become void.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Easyer is it for heauen and earth to perishe, the one title of the lawe to faile.
Good News Translation
But it is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest detail of the Law to be done away with.
Christian Standard Bible®
But it is easier
King James Version
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Lexham English 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.
Literal Translation
But it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away than one point of the Law to fail.
Young's Literal Translation
and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But easier is it, for heauen and earth to perishe, then one tittle of ye lawe to fall.
Mace New Testament (1729)
yet heaven and earth may sooner pass away, than any part of the law be unaccomplish'd.
New English Translation
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 King James Version
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The original contract won't be torn up, it will be paid off. Heaven and earth could be moved easier than removing one dot over one "i" in the contract.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
Legacy Standard Bible
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

Contextual Overview

1 Jesus said to his followers, "Once there was a rich man. He hired a manager to take care of his business. Later, he learned that his manager was cheating him. 2 So he called the manager in and said to him, ‘I have heard bad things about you. Give me a report of what you have done with my money. You can't be my manager anymore.' 3 "So, the manager thought to himself, ‘What will I do? My master is taking my job away from me. I am not strong enough to dig ditches. I am too proud to beg. 4 I know what I will do! I will do something to make friends, so that when I lose my job, they will welcome me into their homes.' 5 "So the manager called in each person who owed the master some money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?' 6 He answered, ‘I owe him 100 jars of olive oil.' The manager said to him, ‘Here is your bill. Hurry! Sit down and make the bill less. Write 50 jars.' 7 "Then the manager asked another one, ‘How much do you owe my master?' He answered, ‘I owe him 100 measures of wheat.' Then the manager said to him, ‘Here is your bill; you can make it less. Write 80 measures.' 8 "Later, the master told the dishonest manager that he had done a smart thing. Yes, worldly people are smarter in their business with each other than spiritual people are. 9 "I tell you, use the worldly things you have now to make ‘friends' for later. Then, when those things are gone, you will be welcomed into a home that lasts forever. 10 Whoever can be trusted with small things can also be trusted with big things. Whoever is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in big things too.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

it: Luke 21:33, Psalms 102:25-27, Isaiah 51:6, Matthew 5:18, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 20:11, Revelation 21:1, Revelation 21:4

than: Isaiah 40:8, Romans 3:31, 1 Peter 1:25

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:17 - to destroy the law John 10:35 - the scripture

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass,.... This is said by Christ, lest it should be thought by his saying, that the law and the prophets were until John, that they were no longer, nor of any more use; but were now abrogated and laid aside; whereas heaven and earth might sooner pass away, and the whole frame of nature be dissolved:

than one tittle of the law to fail; which, and the prophets, in all the precepts, promises, types, figures, prophecies, c. thereof, had their full accomplishment in the person, miracles, obedience, sufferings, and death of Christ see Matthew 5:18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 5:18.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 16:17. For heaven and earth to passMatthew 5:17; Matthew 5:17; "Matthew 5:18".


 
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