Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

• 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.”