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17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 4:17

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  • And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  • Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, …

  • Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

  • I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  • And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-17)

We have here an account of Christ’s preaching in the synagogues of Galilee, for he came into the world to be a Preacher; the great salvation which he wrought out, he himself began to publish (Heb. 2:3) to show how much his heart was upon it, and ours should be. Several passages in the other gospels, especially in that of St. John, are supposed, in the order of the story of Christ’s life, to interv…

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