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But he said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.”
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Blessings and Woes
Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
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“I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John, yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
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Some Women Accompany Jesus
Soon afterward he went on through one town and village after another, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,
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He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others I speak in parables, so that ‘looking they may not perceive and hearing they may not understand.’
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and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
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When the crowds found out about it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God and healed those who needed to be cured.
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Indeed, truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
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And Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
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And Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
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‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’
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But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?
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The Parable of the Yeast
And again he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God?
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There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out.
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Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God.
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The Parable of the Great Dinner
One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
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The Law and the Kingdom of God
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.
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“The Law and the Prophets were until John came; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force.
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The Coming of the Kingdom
Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed,
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nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you.”
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But Jesus called for them and said, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
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Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”
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Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!