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Luke 16:17–18

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

Divorce and Remarriage

18 dEveryone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

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Luke 16:17–18 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Luke 16:17–18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Luke 16:17–18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 But that doesn’t mean that the law has lost its force. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest point of God’s law to be overturned.

18 For example, a man who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery. And anyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.”

Luke 16:17–18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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

18 Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Luke 16:17–18 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter in the law to be changed.

18 “If a man divorces his wife and marries another woman, he is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman is also guilty of adultery.”

Luke 16:17–18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

18 Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

Luke 16:17–18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail. 18 Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.

Luke 16:17–18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 It is easier for the earth and the heavens to disappear than to drop a comma from the Scriptures. 

18 “Any man who divorces his wife to marry another woman is committing adultery. The man who marries a woman divorced in this way is committing adultery. 

Luke 16:17–18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and everyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Luke 16:17–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.

18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Luke 16:17–18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.

18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Luke 16:17–18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest part of a letter to drop out of the Law.

18 “Anyone who divorces his wife and gets married to another woman commits adultery. Also, the man who gets married to a divorced woman commits adultery.

Luke 16:17–18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.


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