'Kingdom' in the Bible

He will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end."

But he told them, "I have to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God in other cities, because I was sent to do that also."

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."

After this, Jesus traveled from one city and village to another, preaching and spreading the good news about God's kingdom. The Twelve were with him,

So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given in parables, so that "they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"

Then he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

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."

Jesus told him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

heal the sick that are there, and tell them, "The kingdom of God is near you!'

"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 he told them, "Whenever you pray you are to say, "Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.

Since he knew what they were thinking, he told them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is devastated, and a divided household collapses.

Now, if Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

But if I drive out demons by the power of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

Instead, be concerned about his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you as well.

Stop being afraid, little flock, because your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

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

Again he said, "To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

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.

People will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.

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!"

"The Law and the Prophets remained until John. Since then, the good news about the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone entering it is under attack.

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."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of 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.

Then he went on to say to them, "Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

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."

And I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father has conferred a kingdom on me,

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit down on thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel."

Then he went on to plead, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"

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