Luke 16:17

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But it is easier

King James Version (1611)
And it is easier for heauen and earth to passe, then one title of the law to faile.

King James Version
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

English Standard Version
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Easy-to-Read Version
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Easyer is it for heauen and earth to perishe, the one title of the lawe to faile.

English Revised Version
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Soner shall heven and erth perisshe then one tytle of the lawe shall perisshe.

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.

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.

Contextual Overview

¹Jesus said to his disciples, "There was once a rich man who had a manager. He got reports that the manager had been taking advantage of his position by running up huge personal expenses. So he called him in and said, ‘What's this I hear about you? You're fired. And I want a complete audit of your books.' ³"The manager said to himself, ‘What am I going to do? I've lost my job as manager. I'm not strong enough for a laboring job, and I'm too proud to beg.... Ah, I've got a plan. Here's what I'll do... then when I'm turned out into the street, people will take me into their houses.' ⁵ "Then he went at it. One after another, he called in the people who were in debt to his master. He said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?' ⁶ "He replied, ‘A hundred jugs of olive oil.' "The manager said, ‘Here, take your bill, sit down here—quick now—write fifty.' ⁷ "To the next he said, ‘And you, what do you owe?' "He answered, ‘A hundred sacks of wheat.' "He said, ‘Take your bill, write in eighty.' ⁸"Now here's a surprise: The master praised the crooked manager! And why? Because he knew how to look after himself. Streetwise people are smarter in this regard than law-abiding citizens. They are on constant alert, looking for angles, surviving by their wits. I want you to be smart in the same way—but for what is right—using every adversity to stimulate you to creative survival, to concentrate your attention on the bare essentials, so you'll live, really live, and not complacently just get by on good behavior." ¹⁰Jesus went on to make these comments: If you're honest in small things, you'll be honest in big things; If you're a crook in small things, you'll be a crook in big things. If you're not honest in small jobs, who will put you in charge of the store? No worker can serve two bosses: He'll either hate the first and love the second Or adore the first and despise the second. You can't serve both God and the Bank. ¹⁴When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: "You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what's behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. God's Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it's all kingdom of God—the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman. The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God's Law wears out. Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.

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 pass — Matthew 5:17; Matthew 5:17; "Matthew 5:18".