The Law and the Prophets

Luke 16:16

In 9 translations

BSB: The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.Or everyone is urged to enter into it
KJV: The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
WEB: “The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
ASV: The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.
LSV: the Law and the Prophets [are] until John; since then the good news of the Kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone presses into it;
YLT: the law and the prophets [are] till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;
DBY: The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.Elohim
DRC: The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.
GNV: The Lawe and the Prophets endured vntill Iohn: and since that time the kingdome of God is preached, and euery man preasseth into it.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read μέχρι (“until”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἕως (“until”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Spelling of Ἰωάννου: Westcott–Hort: Ἰωάνου.

SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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SBLGNT: μέχρι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μέχρι; Robinson–Pierpont read ἕως.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται μέχρι Ἰωάννου· ἀπὸ τότε ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ εὐαγγελίζεται καὶ πᾶς εἰς αὐτὴν βιάζεται.
RP2018: Ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται ἕως Ἰωάννου· ἀπὸ τότε ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ εὐαγγελίζεται, καὶ πᾶς εἰς αὐτὴν βιάζεται.
TR-Boyd: Ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται ἕως Ἰωάννου· ἀπὸ τότε ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ εὐαγγελίζεται, καὶ πᾶς εἰς αὐτὴν βιάζεται.
SCR1894: ο νομος και οι προφηται εως ιωαννου απο τοτε η βασιλεια του θεου ευαγγελιζεται και πας εις αυτην βιαζεται

Who and where

👤 God 👤 John the Baptist◆ Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalem

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Husks Violence, Violent Steward Wealth, Wealthy Canon of the Old Testament Seekers Reproof Abraham Law Gospel

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Cross-references most cited first

Matthew 11:9–14What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’…
Matthew 21:32For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Acts 3:24–25Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days. And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your…
Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
John 1:45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Luke 7:26–29What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ I…
Luke 16:31Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Acts 3:18But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
Luke 16:29But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
Matthew 4:17From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Luke 10:9Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’
Luke 10:11‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’
Luke 9:2And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Matthew 10:7As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’
Mark 1:14After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
Matthew 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

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