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Revised Standard Version

Matthew 24:35

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Astronomy;   Earth;   God;   Heaven;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jesus Continued;   Prophecy;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible, the;   Heavens;   Word;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Earth;   End of the World;   Endurance;   Heaven/the Heavens;   Knowledge;   Word of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ, the Prophet;   Second Coming of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Prophecy;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Inspiration;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hebrews, Theology of;   Jesus Christ;   Watchfulness;   Word;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jews;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Matthew, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Logos;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Judgment;   Kingdom of God;   Olives, Mount of;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Attributes of Christ;   Authority of Christ;   Foresight;   Fulfilment;   Heaven ;   Immortality (2);   Monotheism;   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Quotations (2);   Supremacy;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judah, the Kingdom of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Amen;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jerusalem;   Matthew;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 6;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 31;  

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.
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.
Mace New Testament (1729)
heaven and earth may fail, but my words shall never fail.
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 "From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 34 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is 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

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 12:16
And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, he-asses, menservants, maidservants, she-asses, and camels.
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose, and went to Mesopota'mia, to the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:12
And he said, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, grant me success today, I pray thee, and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:14
Let the maiden to whom I shall say, 'Pray let down your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels' --let her be the one whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. By this I shall know that thou hast shown steadfast love to my master."
Genesis 25:11
After the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt at Beer-la'hai-roi.
Genesis 49:25
by the God of your father who will help you, by God Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
Job 1:3
He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
Psalms 18:35
Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand supported me, and thy help made me great.
Psalms 107:38
By his blessing they multiply greatly; and he does not let their cattle decrease.

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.


 
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