Luke 16:17 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εὐκοπώτερον	eukopōteron	Easier for	G2123 →
δέ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐστιν	estin	it is	G1510 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
οὐρανὸν	ouranon	heaven	G3772 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	earth	G1093 →
παρελθεῖν	parelthein	to pass away	G3928 →
ἢ	ē	than	G2228 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
νόμου	nomou	law	G3551 →
μίαν	mian	one	G1520 →
κεραίαν	keraian	stroke of a pen	G2762 →
πεσεῖν.¶	pesein	to fail.	G4098 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
leads to
- Mark 13:31
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 1:25
  but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 5:18
  For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 119:89–91
  Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Through
Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:8
  The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 51:6
  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Matthew 5:18
For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
leads to
- Psalms 119:89–90
  Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Matthew 5:17Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.1 Peter 1:25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.Isaiah 40:8The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.John 10:35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—Psalms 102:25–27In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.Revelation 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

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