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The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Mark 13:31

In 9 translations

BSB
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
KJV
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
WEB
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
ASV
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
LSV
the heaven and the earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
YLT
the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
DBY
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.
DRC
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away.
GNV
Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my woordes shall not passe away.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read παρελεύσονται (“will pass away”); Byzantine text read παρελεύσεται (“will pass away”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include μὴ (“not”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read παρελεύσονται.¶ (“will pass away”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read παρέλθωσιν (“may pass away”).
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

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  • SBLGNT: ⸀παρελεύσονται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ⸀παρελεύσονται; Robinson–Pierpont read παρελεύσεται.
  • SBLGNT: μὴ. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read μὴ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles omit this wording.
  • SBLGNT: ⸁παρελεύσονται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ⸁παρελεύσονται; Robinson–Pierpont read παρέλθωσιν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρελεύσονται.
RP2018
Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσεται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσιν.
TR-Boyd
Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσι.
SCR1894
ο ουρανος και η γη παρελευσονται οι δε λογοι μου ου μη παρελθωσιν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 40:8The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
  • Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and…
  • Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  • Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  • Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
  • Psalms 102:25–27In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they…
  • Hebrews 1:10–12And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will roll them up like a…
  • Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  • Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  • 2 Timothy 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
  • Joshua 23:14–15Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one…
  • Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  • Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He…
  • Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
  • 2 Peter 3:10–12But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this…

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