'Kingdom' in the Bible
"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
From that time Jesus began to preach this message: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Then Jesus went throughout all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness.
As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near!'
"I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.
Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.
So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.
He replied, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.
When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.
He presented them with another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.
He gave them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen."
The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.
Then he said to them, "Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old."
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."
I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.
For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it."
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!
Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
He said to her, "What do you want?" She replied, "Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."
Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
"The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
I tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."
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