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  • Luke 16:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 17 Indeed, it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to go unfulfilled.+

  • Luke 16:17
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 17 Εὐκοπώτερον Easier δέ but ἐστιν is τὸν the οὐρανὸν heaven καὶ and τὴν the γῆν earth παρελθεῖν to pass away ἢ than τοῦ of the νόμου Law μίαν one κερέαν little horn πεσεῖν. to fall.

  • Luke 16:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 17 Indeed, it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away+ than for one particle+ of a letter of the Law to go unfulfilled.+

  • Luke 16:17
    The Bible in Living English
    • 17 But it is easier for the heavens and the earth to pass away than for the dot of one i in the law to drop away.

  • Luke 16:17
    American Standard Version
    • 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

  • Luke 16:17
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, Than that of the law one little point should fail.

  • Luke 16:17
    King James Version
    • 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 16:17 jy 206; w88 6/1 30

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 16:17 w71 480; w67 205; w51 121

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 16:17

      Jesus—The Way, p. 206

      The Watchtower,

      6/1/1988, p. 30

      8/1/1971, p. 480

      4/1/1967, pp. 205-206

      2/15/1951, pp. 120-122

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 16:17

      one stroke of a letter: In the Hebrew alphabet current in Jesus’ day, certain characters featured a tiny stroke that differentiated one letter from another. Jesus’ hyperbole thus emphasized that God’s Word would be fulfilled down to the smallest detail.​—See study note on Mt 5:18.

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