Luke 17:21

And they will not say: Behold, here it is! or, Behold, it is there! For lo, the kingdom of God is within you

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

In Context

20And as some of the Pharisees asked him, When the kingdom of God would come; he answered, and said to them: The kingdom of God will not come with observables.

22And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see them.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:23Then, if any one shall say to you, Lo, the Messiah is here, or is there; give no credence.

Luke 10:9And heal them that are sick in it; and say to them: The kingdom of God hath come near you.

Luke 21:8And he said to them: See, that ye be not deceived; for many will come in my name, and will say: I am Messiah and the time is near. But go ye not after them.

Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God, is not food and drink; but is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Matthew Henry on Luke 17:21-37

The Progress of Christ's Kingdom; Destruction of Jerusalem. 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not… Read the whole commentary →

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