Luke 16:14-17

The Law and the Kingdom of God

14 ¹The Pharisees, who were ²lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ³ridiculed him.

15 And he said to them, “You are those who ⁴justify yourselves before men, but ⁵God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men ⁶is an abomination in the sight of God.

16 ⁷“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then ⁸the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and ⁹everyone forces his way into it. ^[a]

17 But ¹⁰it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.

Cross References

• 1. 16:14 [ch. 11:39; 20:47]
• 2. 16:14 2 Tim. 3:2; [1 Tim. 6:10]
• 3. 16:14 ch. 23:35
• 4. 16:15 ch. 10:29
• 5. 16:15 1 Sam. 16:7; 1 Chr. 28:9; Prov. 21:2
• 6. 16:15 Prov. 16:5
• 7. 16:16 Matt. 11:12, 13
• 8. 16:16 See ch. 4:43
• 9. 16:16 [ch. 15:1]
• 10. 16:17 Matt. 5:18

Footnotes

• [a] 16:16 Or 'everyone is forcefully urged into it'