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Luke 16:17
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KJ21
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one tittle of the law to fail.
ASV
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
AMP
Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a letter of the Law to fail and become void.
AMPC
Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to fail and become void.
BRG
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
CSB
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.
CSBA
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.
CEB
It’s easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest stroke of a pen in the Law to drop out.
CJB
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the Torah to become void.
CEV
Heaven and earth will disappear before the smallest letter of the Law does.
DARBY
But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.
DLNT
But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one stroke of the Law should fail.
DRA
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall.
ERV
But even the smallest part of a letter in the law cannot be changed. It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away.
EASY
But this does not mean that anyone can destroy God's Law. One day, the earth and the sky will finish. But until that time, nobody can remove even a small thing from God's Law.
EHV
“It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for even one part of a letter in the Law to fail.
ESV
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.
ESVUK
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.
EXB
It would be easier for heaven and earth to ·pass away [disappear] than for ·the smallest part [L one stroke] of a letter in the law to ·be changed [drop out; Matt. 5:18; 11:12–13].
GNV
Now it is more easy that heaven and earth should pass away, than that one tittle of the Law should fall.
GW
It is easier for the earth and the heavens to disappear than to drop a comma from the Scriptures.
GNT
But it is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest detail of the Law to be done away with.
HCSB
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.
ICB
Even the smallest part of a letter in the law cannot be changed. It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away.
ISV
However, it is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the Law to be dropped.
PHILLIPS
“Yet it would be easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for a single point of the Law to become a dead letter.”
JUB
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fail.
KJV
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
AKJV
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
LSB
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
LEB
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.
TLB
But that doesn’t mean that the Law has lost its force in even the smallest point. It is as strong and unshakable as heaven and earth.
MSG
When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: “You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what’s behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. God’s Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it’s all kingdom of God—the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman. The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God’s Law wears out. Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.
MEV
It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of the law to fail.
MOUNCE
It is easier · · for heaven and · earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a single letter in the law to lose its force.
NOG
It is easier for the earth and the heavens to disappear than to drop a comma from the Scriptures.
NABRE
It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter of the law to become invalid.
NASB
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
NASB1995
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
NCB
It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one letter of the Law to be discarded.
NCV
It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter in the law to be changed.
NET
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.
NIRV
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest part of a letter to drop out of the Law.
NIV
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
NIVUK
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
NKJV
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.
NLV
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one small part of a word in the Law to be of no more use.
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.
NMB
Sooner can heaven and earth perish, than one tittle of the law can pass away.
NRSVA
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
NRSVACE
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
NRSVCE
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
NRSVUE
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
NTFE
But it’s easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of an ‘i’ to drop out of the law.
OJB
But it is easier for HaShomayim and HaAretz to pass away than for one tag (ornamental flourish) of the Torah to fail.
RGT
“Now it is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for one stroke of the Law to fall.
RSV
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to become void.
RSVCE
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to become void.
TLV
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single serif of the Torah to fail.
VOICE
That’s not to say that God’s rules for living are useless. The stars in the sky and the earth beneath your feet will pass away before one letter of God’s rules for living become worthless.
WEB
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
WE
It would be easier to take away the sky and the earth than for the smallest part of the law to fall.'
WYC
Forsooth it is lighter heaven and earth [for] to pass, than that one tittle fall from the law [than one tittle fall of the law].
YLT
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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