“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

Indeed so certain are the things that He has promised that even the passing away of Heaven and earth will not affect them. Their occurrence is certain and sure. They are more stable and certain than Heaven and earth (compare a similar thing said about God's Law - Luke 16:17). Note how He puts His own words on a parallel with God's. No one else among the Jews would have dared to say that their words were more permanent than creation. It would have been seen as blasphemy.

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