Luke 16:17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.
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- Matt 5:18 : 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.
- Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Isa 40:8 : 8 The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable.”
- 1 Pet 1:25 : 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- Isa 51:6 : 6 Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.
- Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.
- Ps 102:25-27 : 25 In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork. 26 They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear. 27 But you remain; your years do not come to an end.
- 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.
- Rev 20:11 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
- Rev 21:1 : 1 A New Heaven and a New Earth Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more.
- Rev 21:4 : 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more– or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”
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- Matt 5:17-204 verses84%
17 Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.
18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.
19 So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
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16 “The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.
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18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
- Mark 13:30-312 verses74%
30 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Luke 21:32-332 verses74%
32 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Matt 24:34-352 verses73%
34 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Jas 2:10-112 verses69%
10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
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13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.
- Matt 5:31-322 verses69%
31 Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’
32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- Mark 10:11-122 verses68%
11 So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
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25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Luke 17:1-22 verses66%
1 Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service Jesus said to his disciples,“Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
2 It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
- Matt 19:6-105 verses66%
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
7 They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
9 Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
10 The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”
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12 In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
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25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
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24 Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”
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40 All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
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15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.
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12 For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.
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18 On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,
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18 “I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
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23 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
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17 What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.
- Matt 5:26-272 verses65%
26 I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!
27 Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’
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11 “I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is!
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14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
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3 Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked,“Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”
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17 And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.
- Heb 9:16-172 verses65%
16 For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.
17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.
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14 The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
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27 Now this phrase“once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.
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16 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.
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15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!
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27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”