Luke 16:16

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What does Luke 16:16 mean?

Luke 16:16 in the original Greek

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Cross references for Luke 16:16

• Matthew 11:9-14

  But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. …

• 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. Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

• Matthew 3:2

  And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

• 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 7:26-29

  But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

• 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.

• Matthew 4:17

  From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

• Luke 16:29

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

• Luke 10:9

  And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

• Luke 9:2

  And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

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Context

• Luke 16:15

  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.

• Luke 16:16

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

• Luke 16:17

  And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

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