Matthew 3:2
Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
In Context
1And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying,
Cross References
Job 39:12Will thou confide in him that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor?
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one according to his ways, says lord LORD. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Daniel 2:44And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it s
Matthew 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
Matthew 5:19Whoever therefore may relax one of these least commandments, and may teach men so, he will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens. But whoever may do and may teach them, this man will be called great in the kingdom of the he
Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →