Luke 17:20
And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said: The kingdom of God comes not so as to attract attention;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
19And he said to him: Arise, and go; your faith has saved you.
21nor shall it be said, Lo here! or Lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is among you.
Cross References
Luke 16:16The law and the prophets were till John. Since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every one enters it by force.
Luke 19:11And as they heard these things, he also spoke a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear.
Acts 1:6Therefore, when they came together, they asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
Matthew Henry on Luke 17:12-20
The Ten Lepers. 11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and… Read the whole commentary →