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


In Context

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.

19 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

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.