The Law and the Kingdom of God

16 "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.

Other Translations of Luke 16:16

King James Version

The Law and the Kingdom of God

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

English Standard Version

The Law and the Kingdom of God

16  "The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.Or everyone is forcefully urged into it

The Message

The Law and the Kingdom of God

16 God's Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it's all kingdom of God - the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman.

New King James Version

The Law and the Kingdom of God

16 The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

New Living Translation

The Law and the Kingdom of God

16 "Until John the Baptist, the law of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is eager to get in.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 16:16

Commentary on Luke 16:13-18

(Read Luke 16:13-18)

To this parable our Lord added a solemn warning. Ye cannot serve God and the world, so divided are the two interests. When our Lord spoke thus, the covetous Pharisees treated his instructions with contempt. But he warned them, that what they contended for as the law, was a wresting of its meaning: this our Lord showed in a case respecting divorce. There are many covetous sticklers for the forms of godliness, who are the bitterest enemies to its power, and try to set others against the truth.