Matthew 3:2 - Tree of Life Version

² “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And saying, Repent (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Common English Bible

² “Change your hearts and lives! Here comes the kingdom of heaven!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² and saying: "Repent. For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near."

Matthew 3:2 Cross References

Matthew 4:17

From then on, Yeshua began to proclaim, “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Mark 1:15

“Now is the fullness of time,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near! Turn away from your sins, and believe in the Good News!”

Daniel 2:44

“Now in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will this kingdom be left to another people. It will crush and bring to an end all of these kingdoms. But it will endure forever.

Luke 24:47

and that repentance for the removal of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Matthew 6:10

Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the grief that God wills brings a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret. But the world’s grief brings death.

Matthew 10:7

As you go, proclaim, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near!’

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and return—so your sins might be blotted out,

Luke 15:10

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you all will perish the same way.

Luke 11:20

But if by the finger of God I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness. Rather, He is being patient toward you—not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.

Acts 17:30

Although God overlooked the periods of ignorance, now He commands everyone everywhere to repent.

Acts 11:18

When they heard this they became quiet, and they glorified God, saying, “Then even to the Gentiles God has granted repentance leading to life!”

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent, and let each of you be immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua for the removal of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.

Luke 6:20

And looking up at His disciples, He said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Matthew 13:52

Then He said to them, “Therefore every Torah scholar discipled for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure both new things and old.”

Matthew 13:47

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea, gathering things of every kind.

Matthew 13:33

He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like hametz, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

Matthew 12:41

The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

2 Timothy 2:25

Let him give guidance with humility to those who are in opposition—perhaps God may grant them a change of mind, leading to the knowledge of truth.

Colossians 1:13

He rescued us from the domain of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom He loves.

Acts 20:21

testifying to both Jewish and Greek people repentance to God and trust in our Lord Yeshua.

Luke 15:7

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one repenting sinner than over the ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.”

Luke 13:5

No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you all will perish the same way.

Luke 9:2

He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.

Mark 6:12

So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent,

Mark 1:4

John appeared, immersing in the wilderness, proclaiming an immersion involving repentance for the removal of sins.

Matthew 5:10

“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them: ‘As I live’—it is a declaration of Adonai—‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Return, return from your evil ways. Why will you die, O house of Israel?’

Job 42:6

Therefore I despise myself, and repent on dust and ashes.”

Revelation 2:21

I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her immorality.

Matthew 13:31

He presented to them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

Matthew 13:11

And He replied to them, “To you has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Revelation 2:5

Remember then from where you have fallen. Repent and do the deeds you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your menorah from its place—unless you repent.

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore leaving the basic teaching of the Messiah, let us move on toward maturity—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of trust in God,

Acts 26:20

Rather, I kept declaring—first to those in Damascus, and then Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also the Gentiles—that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with that repentance.

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who made a wedding feast for his son.

Matthew 25:1

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not enter yourselves, nor do you let those enter who are trying to go in.

Matthew 20:1

“For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matthew 18:23

Therefore, the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

Matthew 11:20

Then Yeshua began to denounce the towns where most of His miracles had happened, because they did not turn from their sins.

1 Kings 8:47

yet if they take it to the heart in the land which they have been carried captive, and they repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captors, saying: ‘We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly,’

Luke 21:31

So also, when you see these all these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

Luke 16:30

“But he said, ‘No, Father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

Matthew 25:14

“For it is like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and handed over his possessions to them.

Matthew 13:24

He presented to them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 4:23

Yeshua was going throughout all the Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.

Luke 1:16

Many of Bnei-Yisrael will turn to Adonai their God.

Job 39:12

Can you trust it to bring in your seed and gather it to your threshing floor?