Matthew 3:2
"Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near!"
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
In Context
1And in those days John the Baptist came, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
Cross References
Job 39:12Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed,and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
Ezekiel 18:30"'Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,' says the Lord God. 'Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all those kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
Matthew 5:3"Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:19Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 6:33But seek first his Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →