And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Parallel translations
- WEB As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’
- BSB As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’
- NKJV And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
- NASB And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’
- NLT Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.
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Quick answer
The disciples are to preach that the kingdom of heaven is near. Their core message announces the arrival of God's reign in Christ.
Overview
Jesus gives the apostles the same proclamation he and John the Baptist made, that God's kingdom has drawn near. The nearness of the kingdom is bound up with the presence of the King himself. This message calls hearers to repent and believe, for God's saving reign has arrived in Jesus.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Acts 28:31Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
- Matt 3:2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Luke 9:60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
- Matt 4:17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Luke 16:16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
- Luke 10:9–11And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
- Luke 9:2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
- Isa 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
- Luke 9:6And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
- Mark 6:12And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
- Matt 21:31Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
- Matt 21:43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
- Matt 11:1And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
- Acts 4:2Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
- Matt 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
- Matt 11:11–12Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
- Acts 10:25And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
- John 3:2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
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