'Heavens' in the Bible
and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
And Jesus, having been baptised, went up straightway from the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:
and behold, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight.
From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
Whosoever then shall do away with one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall practise and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.
For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
that ye may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends rain on just and unjust.
Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.
Thus therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,
If therefore ye, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?
Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
But I say unto you, that many shall come from the rising and setting sun, and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father who is in the heavens.
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in the heavens.
Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among the born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and the violent seize on it.
for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his field;
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;
He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.
The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls;
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine which has been cast into the sea, and which has gathered together of every kind,
And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.
And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.
And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heavens.
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?
and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;
See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in the heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.
So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish.
Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in the heavens.
For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.
for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of the heavens is of such:
And Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say unto you, A rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of the heavens;
For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,
And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.
But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the one extremity of the heavens to the other extremity of them.
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, but my Father alone.
Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
And straightway going up from the water, he saw the heavens parting asunder, and the Spirit, as a dove, descending upon him.
And there came a voice out of the heavens: Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.
And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your offences.
But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your offences.
For when they rise from among the dead they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels who are in the heavens.
and the stars of heaven shall be falling down, and the powers which are in the heavens shall be shaken;
Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.
Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.
men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand
and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
But the righteousness of faith speaks thus: Do not say in thine heart, Who shall ascend to the heavens? that is, to bring Christ down;
For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
for the administration of the fulness of times; to head up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth; in him,
of whom every family in the heavens and on earth is named,
He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;
for our commonwealth has its existence in the heavens, from which also we await the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour,
on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,
because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.
and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.
Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from among the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.
And, Thou in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.
Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession.
For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens:
Now a summary of the things of which we are speaking is, We have such a one high priest who has sat down on the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens;
It was necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.
to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in the heavens for you,
For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,
But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with heat, shall melt?
But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
Therefore be full of delight, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great rage, knowing he has a short time.
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