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15 But He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before the people, but God knows your hearts.[a] For what is prized among men is detestable in God’s sight.”

16 “The Torah and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since then, the Good News of the kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and everyone tries forcing his way in. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single serif[b] of the Torah to fail.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:15 cf. 1 Sam. 16:7; Prov. 21:2.
  2. Luke 16:17 Lit. one horn/projection/hook; in Hebrew, one crown/ornament/stroke.