30 occurrences

'Kingdom of God' in the Bible

Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said, "How blessed are you who are destitute, because the kingdom of God is yours!

I tell you, no one has ever been born who is greater than John. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.

I tell you with certainty, some people who are standing here won't experience death until they see the kingdom of God."

But he told him, "Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."

"We're wiping off your town's dust that clings to our feet in protest against you! But realize this: the kingdom of God is near!'

So Jesus went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?

In that place there will be crying and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves being driven away on the outside.

Now one of those eating with him heard this and told him, "How blessed is the person who will eat in the kingdom of God!"

Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come. He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with a visible display.

People won't be saying, "Look! Here it is!' or "There it is!' because now the kingdom of God is among you."

Jesus, however, called for the children and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.

I tell all of you with certainty, whoever doesn't receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never get into it at all."

So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he said, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God!

Indeed, it's easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the people thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the kingdom of God is near.

because I tell all of you, I will never eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in the kingdom of God."

because I tell you, from now on I will never drink the product of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

he had not voted for their plan and action from the Jewish town of Arimathea; and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

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