Matthew 11:12 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men seize it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize–a share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.

Common English Bible

¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is violently attacked as violent people seize it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But from the days of John the Baptist, even until now, the kingdom of heaven has endured violence, and the violent carry it away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.

Matthew 11:12 Cross References

Matthew 11:11

"Assuredly I say to you, among [those] born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matthew 11:13

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness."Then he permitted Him.

Luke 13:24

Strive to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Luke 16:16

The law and the prophets [were] until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone enters forcibly into it.

John 5:4

For an angel from time to[ ]time descended into the pool and stirred up the water; therefore the first [one] having gone in after the stirring up of the water, became well of whatever disease he was suffering.

John 6:27

Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for [upon] Him God the Father has set [His] seal."

Philippians 2:12

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;