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Luke 16:17

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Whosoever putteth away his wife,.... For any other cause than for adultery, as the Jews used to do upon every trifling occasion, and for every little disgust: by which instance our Lord shows, how the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

For heaven and earth to pass - See on Mat 5:17, Mat 5:18 (note).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 16:1-18

We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ's doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of divine mysteries or to entertain us with notions of divine mercies. No, the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

than one tittle of the law The word for -tittle" is keraia,the tip or horn of a letter, such as that which distinguishes ב from כ or ה from ח Thus the Jews said that the letter Yod prostrated itself…