Matthew 3:2
and saying: “Repent. For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
In Context
1Now in those days, John the Baptist arrived, preaching in the desert of Judea,
Cross References
Job 39:12Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge each one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities, and then iniquity will not be your ruin.
Daniel 2:44But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will inspire a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and his kingdom will not be handed over to another people, and it will crush and will consume all these kingdoms, and this kingdom itself will stand in eternity.
Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:19Therefore, whoever will have loosened one of the least of these commandments, and have taught men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever will have done and taught these, such a one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 6:33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
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 →