Luke 16:17

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Luke 16:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

But it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away than one stroke of a letter of the Law to fall.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 16

¹⁵ So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

¹⁶ The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

¹⁸ Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

¹⁹ Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

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