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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. …
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-20)Those to whom Christ preached, and for whose use he gave these instructions to his disciples, were such as in their religion had an eye, 1. To the scriptures of the Old Testament as their rule, and therein Christ here shows them they were in the right: 2. To the scribes and the Pharisees as their example , and therein Christ here shows them they were in the wrong; for, I. The rule which Christ cam…
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