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


In Context

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

15 And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.

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

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

18 Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

19 There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously 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 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 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.