But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

“Which of the two did his father’s will?” “The first,” they said. Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its fruit.

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

The Parable of the Growing Seed

“The kingdom of God is like this,” He said. “A man scatters seed on the ground;

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

And He said: “How can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

Then He said to them, “I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Possessions and the Kingdom

Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”

But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

When Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any longer.

I assure you: I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in the kingdom of God.”

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went in to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

But He said to them, “I must proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose.”

The Beatitudes

Then looking up at His disciples, He said: You who are poor are blessed, because the kingdom of God is yours.

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John, but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

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Soon afterward He was traveling from one town and village to another, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that Looking they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Then He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.