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. [Luke 11:39; Luke 20:47]
• 2. 2 Timothy 3:2; [1 Timothy 6:10]
• 3. Luke 23:35
• 4. Luke 10:29
• 5. 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Proverbs 21:2
• 6. Proverbs 16:5
• 7. Matthew 11:12, 13
• 8. See Luke 4:43
• 9. [Luke 15:1]
• 10. Matthew 5:18

Footnotes

• [a]. Or everyone is forcefully urged into it