KJV King James Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
WEB World English Bible
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
ASV American Standard Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.
Surrounding context — Luke 21
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανὸςG3772 · ouranosheavenκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoγῆG1093 · gēearth: planetπαρελεύσονται,G3928 · parerchomaito pass byοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenλόγοιG3056 · logoswordμουG3165 · memeοὐG3756 · ounoμὴG3361 · mēnotπαρελεύσονται.G3928 · parerchomaito pass by
Cross-references
Isaiah 40:8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.Mark 13:31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.Isaiah 51:6Lift 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.Psalm 102:26They 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:Matthew 5:18For 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.1 Peter 1:25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.2 Peter 3:7-14But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.Revelation 20:11And 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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