Luke 16:17
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
KJV
εὐκοπώτερον δέ ἐστιν τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν παρελθεῖν ἢ τοῦ νόμου μίαν κεραίαν πεσεῖν.
Greek NT
Facilius est autem cælum et terram præterire, quam de lege unum apicem cadere.
Vulgate
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
ASV
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fall.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
εὐκοπώτερος
eukopoteros
adjective · 7×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κεραία
keraia
noun · 2×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
παρέρχομαι
parerchomai
verb · 29×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:25 — But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
- 1Pet 1:25 — But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
- Isa 40:8 — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- Isa 51:6 — 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 li
- John 10:35 — If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
- Luke 21:33 — Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Matt 5:17 — Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
- Matt 5:18 — 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.
- Matt 5:18 — 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.
- Rom 3:31 — Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.