Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 1 Jesus Calls the First Disciples
English Majority Text (NT)
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
Cross References
Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” 1 The Question About Fasting
Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men seize it.
Matthew 13:11He answered and said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Matthew 13:47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet having been cast into the sea, and gathering some of every kind,
Mark 1:14Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus came to 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 →