Luke 16:17

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Matt 5:18 : 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
  • Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
  • Isa 40:8 : 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
  • 1 Pet 1:25 : 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
  • Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then make void the law thugh faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
  • Ps 102:25-27 : 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a gat white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and the was found no place for them.
  • Rev 21:1 : 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth we passed away; and the was no mo sea.
  • Rev 21:4 : 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and the shall be no mo death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall the be any mo pain: for the former things a passed away.

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    17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

    18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

    19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

    20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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

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    18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

  • Mark 13:30-31
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    30Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

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  • Luke 21:32-33
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    32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

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  • Matt 24:34-35
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    34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

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    13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

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    31It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

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    11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

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    1Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

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  • Matt 19:6-10
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    6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

    7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

    8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

    9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

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    12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

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    27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.