16"The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.


In Context

13 "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.

15 He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.

16 "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

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

18 "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Luke 16:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:16The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:16The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:16The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16The 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:16The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16the law and the prophets are till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it.