Matthew 3:2

John The Baptist Begins His Ministry

¹ In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea, ² "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near." ³ (This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.')

Kingdom of Heaven

O God

Messiah

Sin

Matthew 4:17

From that day Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near."

Matthew 6:10

thy Reign begin, thy will be done on earth as in heaven!

Matthew 10:7

And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.'

Mark 1:15

he said, "The time has now come, God's reign is near: repent and believe in the gospel."

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of goodness! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

Matthew 5:19-20

Therefore whoever relaxes a single one of these commands, were it even one of the least, and teaches men so, he will be ranked least in the Realm of heaven; but whoever obeys them and teaches them, he will be ranked great in the Realm of heaven.)

Luke 6:20

Then, raising his eyes he looked at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you poor! the Realm of God is yours.

Matthew 5:3

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spirit! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

Matthew 6:33

Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

Matthew 11:11-12

I tell you truly, no one has arisen among the sons of women who is greater than John the Baptist, and yet the least in the Realm of heaven is greater than he is.

Matthew 11:20

Then he proceeded to upbraid the towns where his many miracles had been performed, because they would not repent.

Matthew 12:41

The men of Ninive will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for when Jonah preached they did repent, and here is One greater than Jonah.

Matthew 13:11

He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people.

Matthew 13:24

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

Matthew 13:31

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man takes and sows in his field.

Matthew 13:33

He told them another parable. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like dough which a woman took and buried in three pecks of flour, till all of it was leavened."

Matthew 13:44-45

The Realm of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field; the man who finds it hides it and in his delight goes and sells all he possesses and buys that field.

Matthew 13:47

Again, the Realm of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and collected fish of every sort.

Matthew 13:52

So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."

Matthew 18:1-4

At that hour the disciples came and asked Jesus, "Who is greatest in the Realm of heaven?"

Matthew 18:23

That is why the Realm of heaven may be compared to a king who resolved to settle accounts with his servants.

Matthew 20:1

For the Realm of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard;

Matthew 21:29-32

he replied, 'I will go, sir,' but he did not go.

Matthew 22:2

"The Realm of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who gave a marriage-banquet in honour of his son.

Matthew 23:13

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you shut the Realm of heaven in men's faces; you neither enter yourselves, nor will you let those enter who are on the point of entering.

Matthew 25:1

Then shall the Realm of heaven be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

Matthew 25:14

For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them;

Mark 6:12

So they went out and preached repentance;

Luke 9:2

He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.

Luke 10:9-11

heal those in the town who are ill, and tell them, 'The Reign of God is nearly on you.'

Luke 11:20

But if it is by the finger of God that I cast daemons out, then the Reign of God has reached you already.

Luke 13:3

I tell you, no; unless you repent you will all perish as they did.

Luke 13:5

I tell you, no; unless you repent you will all perish as they did."

Luke 15:7

So, I tell you, there will be joy in heaven over a single sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

Luke 15:10

So, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over a single sinner who repents."

Luke 16:30

'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone only goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Luke 21:31

So, whenever you see all this happen, be sure the Reign of God is at hand.

Luke 24:47

and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 3:3-5

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, no one can see God's Realm unless he is born from above."

Acts 2:38

"Repent," said Peter, "let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19

Repent then, and turn to have your sins blotted out, so that a breathing-space may be vouchsafed you,

Acts 11:18

On hearing this they desisted and glorified God, saying, "So God has actually allowed the Gentiles to repent and live!"

Acts 17:30

Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,

Acts 20:21

bearing my testimony, both to Jews and Greeks, of repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:20

I announced to those at Damascus and at Jerusalem in the first instance, then all over the land of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they were to repent and turn to God by acting up to their repentance.

2 Corinthians 7:10

the pain God is allowed to guide ends in a saving repentance never to be regretted, whereas the world's pain ends in death.

Colossians 1:13

rescuing us from the power of the Darkness and transferring us to the realm of his beloved Son!

2 Timothy 2:25

he must be gentle in his admonitions to the opposition ??God may perhaps let them change their mind and admit the Truth;

Hebrews 6:1

Let us pass on then to what is mature, leaving elementary Christian doctrine behind, instead of laying the foundation over again with repentance from dead works, with faith in God,

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow with what he promises, according to certain people's idea of slowness; no, he is longsuffering for your sake, he does not wish any to perish but all to betake them to repentance.

Revelation 2:5

Now, remember the height from which you have fallen; repent and act as you did at first. If not, I will come to you [very soon] and remove your lamp stand, unless you repent.

Revelation 2:21

I have given her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual vice.