³² But though our ancestors received the law, they did not keep it and did not observe the^[a] statutes, yet the fruit of the law did not perish, for it could not, because it was yours.^(A)

¹⁸ For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter,^[a] not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.^(A)

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.^(A)