The Coming of the Kingdom^(A)

²⁰ Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

^36 (A)Jesus answered, ^(B)“My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”

The Parable of the Minas^(A)

¹¹ Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because ^(B)they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

⁶ Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ And He said to them, ^(A)“It is not for you to ^(B)know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.

⁴⁴ And in the days of these kings ^(A)the God of heaven will set up a kingdom ^(B)which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; ^(C)it shall ^[a]break in pieces and ^[b]consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

^23 (A)And they will say to you, ^[a]‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow them. ^24 (B)For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.

^16 (A)“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

^11 (A)‘The very dust of your city which clings to ^[a]us we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near you.’

⁶ So he answered and said to me: