17But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.


In Context

14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.

15 And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

16 The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

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

18 Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.

19 Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.

Luke 16:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:17It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one tittle of the law to fail.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one pronunciation mark of the law to fail.