Luke 16:17

Luke 16:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
• New International Version (NIV)It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But that doesn’t mean that the law has lost its force. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest point of God’s law to be overturned.

Context of Luke 16:17

15And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 16“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail. 18“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery. 19“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

Luke 16:17 word by word

εὐκοπώτερον δέ ἐστιν τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν παρελθεῖν ἢ τοῦ νόμου μίαν κεραίαν πεσεῖν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• it isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• easierεὐκοπώτεροςeukopōteros · easyG2123
• for heavenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• for heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• to passπαρέρχομαιparerchomai · to pass byG3928
• thanἤē · orG2228
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• tittleκεραίαkeraia · tittleG2762
• of the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• to failπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098

Cross-references for Luke 16:17

• Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
• Psalms 102:25Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
• Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished.
• Matthew 5:18For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
• 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
• Revelation 21:1Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.
• Isaiah 40:8The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”
• Romans 3:31Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
• 1 Peter 1:25But the word of the Lord endures forever.” Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

Commentaries on Luke 16:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17For heaven and earth to pass - See on Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:18; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17See the notes at Matthew 5:18.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-18Verses 13-18 To this parable our Lord added a solemn warning. Ye cannot serve God and the world, so divided are the two interests. When our Lord spoke thus, the covetous Pharisees treated his instructions with contempt. But he warned them, that what they contended for as the law, was a wresting of its meaning: this our Lord showed in a case respecting divorce. There are many covetous sticklers for the forms of godliness, who are the bitterest enemies to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17This does not mean the Law has lost its power. The new covenant fulfilled the Old Testament laws and prophets, but the Law remains (however, compare Acts 15:23–29). God will cause heaven and earth to pass away and replace them with a new heaven and earth at the end of the age (Revelation 21:1). But God's word lasts forever (Psalm 119:89, 160; Isaiah 40:8; 55:10–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. covetous ... derided him--sneered at Him; their master sin being too plainly struck at for them to relish. But it was easier to run down than to refute such teaching.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 16:17

• Law
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Luke 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings