Luke 16:16,29 - Compare All Versions

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“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.

“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.

But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

“Until John the Baptist, the law of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is eager to get in.

“But Abraham said, ‘Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read what they wrote.’

“The   Law and the Prophets   were until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God   has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently invited to enter it.

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets;   they should listen to them.’

The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’

When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: “You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what’s behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. God’s Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it’s all kingdom of God—the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman. The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God’s Law wears out. Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.

“Abraham answered, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets to tell them the score. Let them listen to them.’

“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

But Abraham *said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

“The Law and the [writings of the] Prophets were proclaimed until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God has been and continues to be preached, and everyone tries forcefully to go into it.

But Abraham said, ‘They have [the Scriptures given by] Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets; let them listen to them.’

“The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.

But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.’