Matthew 4:17

From then on Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near.”

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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 sitting in darkness saw a great light, and upon those sitting in the place and shadow of death light has dawned.”

18And walking by the Sea of Galilee He saw two brothers, Simon (the one called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a circular net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

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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.”

Matthew 11:12But from the days of John the Baptizer until now the kingdom of the heavens is being aggressive and aggressive people are seizing upon it.

Matthew 13:11So in answer He said to them: “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it has not been given.

Matthew 13:47“Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind,

Mark 1:14Now after John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom of God,

Luke 9:2and He sent them to proclaim 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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