'Kingdom of God' in the Bible

But if I by the Spirit of God am driving the demons out, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

"The time is ripe and the kingdom of God is near; repent and believe in the good news."

Then He said to them, "To you the secret of the kingdom of God has been entrusted, but to those who are on the outside everything is presented in stories, so that

He also was saying: "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground,

Then He kept on saying: "How can I further picture the kingdom of God, or by what story can I illustrate it?

And He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, some of the people standing here will certainly live to see the kingdom of God come in its power."

And if your eye makes you do wrong, tear it out. You might better go into the kingdom of God with only one eye than keep both your eyes and be thrown into the pit,

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant, and said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

I solemnly say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!"

His disciples were startled at this statement. But Jesus again said to them as He continued the topic, "My children, how hard it is to get into the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God."

So Jesus said to him, as He saw that he had answered thoughtfully, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one ventured to ask Him any more questions.

I solemnly say to you, I will never again drink the product of the vine till the day when I drink the new wine in the kingdom of God."

Joseph of Arimathea, a highly honored member of the council, who was himself looking for the kingdom of God, ventured to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body.

But He said to them, "To other towns also I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God, for that is what I was sent to do."

Then He fixed His eyes upon His disciples, and began to speak. "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours!

"I tell you, of all men born of women there is not one greater than John; and yet the one who is of least importance in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

Soon afterwards He chanced to be making a tour of Galilee from town to town and from village to village preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve went with Him,

So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand.

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

But the crowds learned of it, and followed Him; and He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to cure the people who needed to be cured.

I solemnly say to you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the kingdom of God."

Then He answered him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but you go on and continue to spread the good news of the kingdom of God."

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then continues to look back, is fitted for service in the kingdom of God."

to cure the sick there, and to say, 'The kingdom of God is close upon you.'

'We are wiping off against you the very dust from your town that has stuck to our feet. But understand this, the kingdom of God is close by.'

But if I by the finger of God am driving the demons out, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

So He went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what may I compare it?

And again He said, "To what may I compare the kingdom of God?

There you will weep and grind your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and 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, from north and south, and take their seats at the feast in the kingdom of God.

But one of the fellow-guests heard this, and said to Him, "Happy will be the man who is fortunate enough to be at the feast in the kingdom of God."

It was the law and the prophets until John, but ever since that time the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everybody has been taking it by storm.

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

and so people will not say, 'Look! Here it is,' nor, 'There it is,' for the kingdom of God is within you."

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop preventing them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

I solemnly say to you, Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

So when Jesus saw it, He said, "How hard it is for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!

For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God."

So He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, there is no one who has given up home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the kingdom of God,

As they were listening to these things, He told them another story, because He was near Jerusalem and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.

So when you see these things taking place, you must understand that the kingdom of God is near.

For I tell you, I shall never again eat one until it finds its full fruition in the kingdom of God."

for I tell you, I shall not after today drink the product of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

who had not voted for the plan and action of the council. He came from a Jewish town, Arimathea, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

Jesus answered him, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever see the kingdom of God, unless he is born from above."

Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

After He had suffered, He had shown Himself alive to them, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them through a period of forty days, and telling them the things about the kingdom of God.

But when the people came to believe the good news proclaimed by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were constantly baptized.

strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.

He went to the synagogue there and for three months courageously spoke, keeping up his discussions and continuing to persuade them about the kingdom of God.

So they set a day for him, and came in large numbers to see him at the place where he was lodging, and from morning till night he continued to explain to them the kingdom of God, at the same time giving them his own testimony and trying from the law of Moses and the prophets to convince them about Jesus.

yes, he continued to preach to them the kingdom of God, and to teach them about the Lord Jesus Christ, and that with perfect, unfettered freedom of speech.

For the kingdom of God does not consist in what we eat and drink, but in doing right, in peace and joy through the Holy Spirit;

for the kingdom of God does not consist in talking but in doing.

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have a share in the kingdom of God? Stop being misled; people who are sexually immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or guilty of unnatural sexual vice

or thieves or greedy graspers for more or drunkards or slanderers or swindlers will not have a share in the kingdom of God.

But this I tell you, brothers: Our physical bodies cannot take part in the kingdom of God; what is decaying will never take part in what is immortal.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I now warn you, as I have done before, that those who practice such things shall not be heirs of the kingdom of God.

So does Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only converts from Judaism that are fellow-workers with me here for the kingdom of God, who have proved a real comfort to me.