'Kingdom of God' in the Bible

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.