Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to proclaim and to say, “Convert, 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 that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death—light arose to them.”

18And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a drag into the sea—for they were fishers—

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Cross References

Matthew 9:13but having gone, learn what [this] is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice; for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners.”

Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of the heavens suffers violence, and violent men seize it by force,

Matthew 13:11And He answering said to them that, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, and to these it has not been given,

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

Mark 1:14And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God,

Luke 9:2and He sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God, and to heal the ailing.

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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