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


In Context

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.

19 And — a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry 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 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 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.