Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

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

In Context

16The people who sat in darkness 1 have seen a great light, 1 and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, 1 upon them has a light arisen.”

18As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:13You should go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous to repent, but sinners.”

Matthew 11:12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and men of violence take it by force.

Matthew 13:11Jesus answered and said to them, “You have been given the privilege of understanding mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Matthew 13:47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, and that gathered creatures of every kind.

Mark 1:14Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God.

Luke 9:2He sent them out 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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