Luke 16:17 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 16:17

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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.

YLT

and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

DBT

But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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13 verses on the floor

Matthew 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Romans 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

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This he shows in the other parable of the rich man and Lazarus, which has likewise a further intention, and that is, to awaken us all to take the warning given us by the written word, and not to expect immediate messages from the other world,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Nay, the precepts of it are explained and enforced by the gospel, and made to appear more spiritual. The ceremonial law is perfected in the gospel colours; not one tittle of that fails, for it is found printed off in the gospel, where, though the force of it is as a law taken off, yet the figure of it as a type shines very brightly, witness the epistle to the Hebrews.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

covetous . . . derided him--sneered at Him; their master sin being too plainly struck at for them to relish. But it was easier to run down than to refute such teaching.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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LUK 16:17ISA 40:8 MRK 13:31
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 16:17ISA 40:8 MAT 24:35
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 16:17ISA 40:8 1PE 1:25
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 16:17LUK 21:33 ISA 40:8
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
LUK 16:17ISA 40:8 MAT 5:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 16:17LUK 21:33 ISA 51:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 16:17ISA 40:8 PSA 119:89-91
LUK 16:17MAT 5:18 PSA 119:89-90

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