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


In Context

14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

15 He said to them, |You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

16 The 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.

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

18 Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

19 |Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living 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 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 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 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.