Luke 16:17

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

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law to fall. See the notes at Matthew 5:17-18.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 5:18 .
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Ver. 17. See Matthew 5:18 .
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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Neither do you scandalize me, as if I came to teach a new doctrine, contrary to the law and the prophets. I tell you the quite contrary; heaven and e...
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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A lesson concerning covetousness.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the Law to fail.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not that the Gospel at all destroys the law. Matthew 5:18 .

¹⁷ And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Related Commentaries of Luke 16:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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