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Luke 16:17–18
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Luke 16:17
17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
17*And it is easier for heauen and earth to passe, then one title of the law to faile.
- Matth. 5.18.
Luke 16:18
18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
18*Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, & marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoeuer marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.
- Matth. 5.32.
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Luke 16:17
More easy; requiring less effort, labour, or difficulty.
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The expanse above the earth, including the sky or firmament; also the dwelling or throne of God, according to context.
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The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
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A very small mark or stroke in writing; the least detail.
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A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.
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To become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply; or to be entirely wanting.
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Luke 16:18
Whoever; any person who, without restriction in the stated class.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
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One more; an additional or different person or thing.
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Violation of the marriage bed; a crime, or a civil injury, which introduces, or may introduce, into a family, a spurious offspring. In a scriptural sense, all manner of lewdness or unchastity, as in the seventh commandment.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
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A married man in relation to his wife; also one who manages or cultivates carefully.
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From verse 17
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Open the full verse study18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
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Open the full verse study33Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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Open the full verse study25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
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Open the full verse study8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
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Open the full verse study31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
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Open the full verse study6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
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Open the full verse study25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
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Open the full verse study11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
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Open the full verse study1AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
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Open the full verse study4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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Open the full verse study10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
From verse 18
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Open the full verse study9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
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Open the full verse study11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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Open the full verse study31It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
32But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
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Open the full verse study10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
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Open the full verse study4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
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