Matthew 24:35

Mace New Testament

heaven and earth may fail, but my words shall never fail.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Heaven and earth will pass away,

King James Version (1611)
Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my wordes shall not passe away.

King James Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

English Standard Version
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

New American Standard Bible
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

New Century Version
Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.

Amplified Bible
"Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

Legacy Standard Bible
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

Berean Standard Bible
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Contemporary English Version
The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will.

Complete Jewish Bible
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Darby Translation
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

Easy-to-Read Version
The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but my words will last forever.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Heauen and earth shall passe away: but my wordes shall not passe away.

George Lamsa Translation
Even heaven and earth will pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Good News Translation
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Lexham English Bible
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Literal Translation
The heaven and the earth will pass away, but My Words will not pass away, never!

American Standard Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Bible in Basic English
Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

Hebrew Names Version
Heaven and eretz will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

International Standard Version
Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear."Psalm 102:26; Isaiah 51:6; Jeremiah 31:35-36; Matthew 5:18; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33; Hebrews 1:11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

Murdock Translation
Heaven and earth will pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heauen and earth shall passe away but my wordes shall not passe away.

English Revised Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

World English Bible
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Weymouth's New Testament
Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
heuene and erthe schulen passe, but my wordis schulen not passe.

Update Bible Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Webster's Bible Translation
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

New English Translation
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

New King James Version
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

New Living Translation
Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

New Life Bible
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

New Revised Standard
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The heaven and the earth, shall pass away, but, my words, shall, in nowise, pass away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.

Revised Standard Version
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Heven and erth shall perisshe: but my wordes shall abyde.

Young's Literal Translation
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heauen and earth shal perishe, but my wordes shal not perishe.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The rocks imbedded in the deepest mountains and the blue sky over your heads will not last forever, but my word will.

Contextual Overview

³² this may be illustrated by a comparison taken from a fig-tree: when the branches become tender, and push out their leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: ³³ in like manner, when ye shall see all these things happen, know that he is come to your very doors. ³⁴ I declare unto you, the present generation shall not cease, till all these things are pass'd. ³⁵ heaven and earth may fail, but my words shall never fail. ³⁶ As to the day and hour, that no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but the father only. ³⁷ as the days of Noe were, so shall also the advent of the son of man be. ³⁸ for as at the time that usher'd in the deluge, they were eating and drinking, marrying themselves and their children, till the day that Noe entred into the ark, ³⁹ having no thoughts of the flood till it came, and swept them all away; so shall also the advent of the son of man be. ⁴⁰ of two persons, who shall be then in the field, one shall be taken, and the other left. ⁴¹ two women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Heaven: Matthew 5:18, Psalms 102:26, Isaiah 34:4, Isaiah 51:6, Isaiah 54:10, Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 31:36, Hebrews 1:11, Hebrews 1:12, 2 Peter 3:7-12, Revelation 6:14, Revelation 20:11

my: Numbers 23:19, Psalms 19:7, Psalms 89:34, Proverbs 30:5, Isaiah 40:8, Isaiah 55:11, Titus 1:2, 1 Peter 1:25, Revelation 3:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:1 - Sarah as Genesis 28:15 - until Genesis 32:12 - thou Genesis 41:32 - it is because Numbers 11:23 - thou shalt 1 Samuel 9:6 - all that he saith 2 Samuel 7:21 - thy word's 1 Kings 8:15 - hath 1 Kings 16:34 - General 1 Kings 22:38 - and the dogs 2 Kings 7:16 - according to 2 Kings 23:16 - burned 2 Chronicles 6:4 - who hath with Job 14:12 - till the heavens Job 18:4 - the rock Psalms 36:5 - faithfulness Psalms 56:10 - General Psalms 58:8 - pass Psalms 89:2 - faithfulness Psalms 93:5 - Thy Psalms 119:58 - be merciful Psalms 119:89 - For ever Psalms 119:96 - I have seen Psalms 138:2 - for thou hast Proverbs 12:19 - lip Ecclesiastes 1:4 - but Isaiah 9:8 - sent a word Isaiah 13:13 - the earth Isaiah 21:17 - for Isaiah 31:2 - will not Isaiah 58:14 - the mouth Jeremiah 4:23 - the heavens Jeremiah 32:24 - what Jeremiah 32:42 - Like Jeremiah 33:21 - may Jeremiah 36:28 - General Jeremiah 39:16 - Behold Jeremiah 44:28 - shall know Ezekiel 5:17 - I the Ezekiel 10:7 - and went Ezekiel 12:25 - I will Ezekiel 17:24 - I the Lord have spoken Ezekiel 21:32 - for I Ezekiel 24:14 - the Lord Ezekiel 26:14 - for I Ezekiel 36:36 - I the Lord have Daniel 2:45 - the great Daniel 4:28 - General Daniel 6:8 - altereth not Habakkuk 3:6 - his Zephaniah 2:2 - the decree Zechariah 1:6 - did Matthew 10:15 - verily Mark 13:31 - Heaven Luke 21:33 - General John 10:35 - the scripture Romans 3:3 - shall Romans 9:6 - as though 1 Corinthians 1:9 - God 2 Corinthians 1:19 - was not 2 Corinthians 5:17 - old 1 Thessalonians 5:24 - who 2 Timothy 2:13 - yet Hebrews 6:18 - two Hebrews 8:13 - ready Hebrews 12:27 - signifieth 1 Peter 1:23 - by 2 Peter 3:10 - in the which 1 John 2:17 - the world Revelation 3:7 - he that is true Revelation 21:4 - the former

Cross-References

Matthew 6:33
but first seek the kingdom of God, and that righteousness which leads to it, and all these things shall be superadded. be not

1 Timothy 4:8
exercise yourself in piety: for those exercises which relate only to the body are of little consequence, but piety is of absolute use, having the promises both of the present life, and of the life that is to come.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Heaven and earth shall pass away,.... This is either an assertion, which will be true at the end of time; not as to the substance of the heavens and earth, which will always remain, but as to the qualities of them, which will be altered: they will be renewed and refined, but not destroyed; the bad qualities, or evil circumstances, which attend them through the sin of man, will be removed and pass away, but they themselves will continue in being: or is a comparative expression, and the sense is, that the heavens and the earth, and the ordinances thereof, than which nothing can be more firm and strong, being fixed and supported by God himself, shall sooner pass away, than anything asserted and predicted by Christ shall:

but my words shall not pass away; be vain and empty, and unaccomplished; which is true of anything, and everything spoken by Christ; and especially here regards all that he had said concerning the calamities that should befall the Jews, before, at, or upon the destruction of their nation, city, and temple; and the design of the expression, is to show the certainty, unalterableness, and sure accomplishment of these things; see Jeremiah 31:36.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Heaven and earth shall pass away ... - You may sooner expect to see the heaven and earth pass away and return to nothing, than my words to fail.