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But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”
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Looking at his disciples, he 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 there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
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Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
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The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?
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“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
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The Parable of the Great Banquet
When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
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Additional Teachings
“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
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The Coming of the Kingdom of God
Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed,
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nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
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Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
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Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
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Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.
