Luke 16:17
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fall.

it.

Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Psalm 102:25-27 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands. . . .

Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the earth shall be worn away like a garment, and the inhabitants thereof shall perish in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice shall not fail.

Matthew 5:18 For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence and the elements shall be melted with heat and the earth and the works which are in it shall be burnt up.

Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away: and there was no place found for them

Revelation 21:1,4 I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone: and the sea is now no more. . . .

than.

Isaiah 40:8 The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.

Romans 3:31 Do we then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid! But we establish the law.

1 Peter 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.

Context
The Law and the Prophets
16The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is preached: and every one useth violence towards it. 17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fall. 18Every one that putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:18
For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Lexicon
But
δέ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

it is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

easier for
εὐκοπώτερον (eukopōteron)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative
Strong's Greek 2123: Easier. Comparative of a compound of eu and kopos; better for toil, i.e. More facile.

heaven
οὐρανὸν (ouranon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

earth
γῆν (gēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

to pass away
παρελθεῖν (parelthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 3928: From para and erchomai; to come near or aside, i.e. To approach, go by, perish or neglect, avert.

than for
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

a single
μίαν (mian)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

stroke of a pen
κεραίαν (keraian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2762: Feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of keras; something horn-like, i.e. the apex of a Hebrew letter.

to drop out
πεσεῖν (pesein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Law.
νόμου (nomou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.


Additional Translations
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.

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

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

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

But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

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

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

But it is easier for earth and sky to pass away than for one smallest detail of the Law to fall to the ground.

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

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