2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We have here an account of the preaching and baptism of John, which were the dawning of the gospel-day. Observe, I. The time when he appeared. In those days (Matt. 3:1), or, after those days , long after what was recorded in the foregoing chapter, which left the child Jesus in his infancy. In those days , in the time appointed of the Father for the beginning of the gospel, when the fulness of time…
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