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;


In Context

13 'No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

14 And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

15 and he said to them, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, is abomination before God;

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

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

18 'Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:16"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.

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 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.