Luke 16:16 · KJV
“The law and the prophets {were} until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.”
— Luke 16:16
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Luke 16 — Context
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
16The law and the prophets {were} until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from {her} husband committeth adultery.
Cross References
Matthew 11:9-14
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 21:32
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen {it}, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Acts 3:24-25
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Matthew 3:2
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Luke 7:26-29
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
John 1:45
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Luke 16:31
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Acts 3:18
But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.