Matthew 5:18

For 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.

Cross References (50)

  • Luke 16:17 (52)

    But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

  • Isaiah 40:8 (25)

    The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

  • 1 Peter 1:25 (22)

    but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

  • Psalms 119:89–90 (22)

    Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

  • Matthew 24:34–35 (18)

    Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

  • Isaiah 51:6 (12)

    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will we

  • Mark 13:30 (10)

    Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

  • Psalms 102:26 (5)

    They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they wi

  • Revelation 20:11 (5)

    Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was foun

  • John 5:19 (4)

    So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For

  • Matthew 5:26 (3)

    Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

  • Matthew 19:28 (3)

    Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, yo

  • Matthew 18:3 (3)

    “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of hea

  • Matthew 16:28 (3)

    Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

  • Matthew 13:17 (3)

    For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what yo

  • John 5:24–25 (3)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under ju

  • Matthew 10:23 (3)

    When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel befo

  • Luke 18:17 (3)

    Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

  • Matthew 17:20 (3)

    “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, yo

  • Psalms 119:152 (3)

    Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.

  • Luke 12:37 (3)

    Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to se

  • Matthew 6:16 (2)

    When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly

  • Mark 14:30 (2)

    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”

  • John 6:53 (2)

    So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you ha

  • John 13:16 (2)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

  • John 12:24 (2)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies,

  • Matthew 10:15 (2)

    Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

  • 2 Peter 3:10–13 (2)

    But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed b

  • Matthew 6:2 (2)

    So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the stre

  • John 3:11 (2)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accep

  • John 1:51 (2)

    Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending

  • John 8:58 (2)

    “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

  • Matthew 11:11 (2)

    Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in

  • Luke 13:35 (2)

    Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He wh

  • Luke 11:51 (2)

    from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, a

  • Mark 14:25 (2)

    Truly I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of

  • Mark 14:18 (2)

    And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me

  • Hebrews 1:11–12 (2)

    They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.

  • John 6:47 (2)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

  • Matthew 10:42 (2)

    And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he

  • Matthew 8:10 (2)

    When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel

  • John 8:34 (2)

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

  • John 3:3 (2)

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

  • John 6:26 (2)

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because

  • John 10:7 (2)

    So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

  • John 6:32 (2)

    Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father

  • John 16:20 (2)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to

  • Luke 21:32–33 (2)

    Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

  • Luke 18:29 (2)

    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of

  • Luke 23:43 (2)

    And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”