Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

In Context

16The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.

18And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).

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Cross References

Matthew 9:13Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.

Matthew 13:11Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.

Matthew 13:47Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes.

Mark 1:14And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

Luke 9:2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:13-18

Opening of Christ's Ministry. 12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the… Read the whole commentary →

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