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34 When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”[a] Then no one dared any longer to question him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:34 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. The nature of the kingdom of God in the NT and in Jesus’ teaching has long been debated by interpreters and scholars, with discussion primarily centering around the nature of the kingdom (earthly, heavenly, or both) and the kingdom’s arrival (present, future, or both). An additional major issue concerns the relationship between the kingdom of God and the person and work of Jesus himself.