Matthew 3:2

Good News Translation

“Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”

Cross References

1 Kings 8:47

listen to your people's prayers. If there in that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O Lord.

Job 39:12

Do you expect him to bring in your harvest and gather the grain from your threshing place?

Job 42:6

So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them that as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God, I do not enjoy seeing sinners die. I would rather see them stop sinning and live. Israel, stop the evil you are doing. Why do you want to die?

Daniel 2:44

At the time of those rulers the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. It will never be conquered, but will completely destroy all those empires and then last forever.

Matthew 10:7

Go and preach, ‘The Kingdom of heaven is near!’

Matthew 11:20

The people in the towns where Jesus had performed most of his miracles did not turn from their sins, so he reproached those towns.

Matthew 12:41

On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up and accuse you, because they turned from their sins when they heard Jonah preach; and I tell you that there is something here greater than Jonah!

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “The knowledge about the secrets of the Kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

Matthew 13:24

Jesus told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:31

Jesus told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man takes a mustard seed and sows it in his field.

Matthew 13:33

Jesus told them still another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A woman takes some yeast and mixes it with a bushel of flour until the whole batch of dough rises.”

Matthew 13:47

“Also, the Kingdom of heaven is like this. Some fishermen throw their net out in the lake and catch all kinds of fish.

Matthew 13:52

So he replied, “This means, then, that every teacher of the Law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who takes new and old things out of his storage room.”

Matthew 18:23

because the Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who decided to check on his servants' accounts.

Matthew 20:1

“The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a man who went out early in the morning to hire some men to work in his vineyard.

Matthew 22:2

“The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter!

Matthew 25:1

“At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there were ten young women who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:14

“At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there was a man who was about to leave home on a trip; he called his servants and put them in charge of his property.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach his message: “Turn away from your sins, because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”

Matthew 4:23

Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the Good News about the Kingdom, and healing people who had all kinds of disease and sickness.

Matthew 5:10

“Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!

Matthew 5:3

“Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!

Matthew 6:10

may your Kingdom come; may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:33

Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.

Mark 1:15

“The right time has come,” he said, “and the Kingdom of God is near! Turn away from your sins and believe the Good News!”

Mark 1:4

So John appeared in the desert, baptizing and preaching. “Turn away from your sins and be baptized,” he told the people, “and God will forgive your sins.”

Mark 6:12

So they went out and preached that people should turn away from their sins.

Luke 1:16

and he will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

Luke 11:20

No, it is rather by means of God's power that I drive out demons, and this proves that the Kingdom of God has already come to you.

Luke 13:3

No indeed! And I tell you that if you do not turn from your sins, you will all die as they did.

Luke 13:5

No indeed! And I tell you that if you do not turn from your sins, you will all die as they did.”

Luke 15:10

In the same way, I tell you, the angels of God rejoice over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:7

In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.

Luke 16:30

The rich man answered, ‘That is not enough, father Abraham! But if someone were to rise from death and go to them, then they would turn from their sins.’

Luke 21:31

In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the Kingdom of God is about to come.

Luke 24:47

and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Luke 6:20

Jesus looked at his disciples and said, “Happy are you poor; the Kingdom of God is yours!

Luke 9:2

Then he sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick,

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, they stopped their criticism and praised God, saying, “Then God has given to the Gentiles also the opportunity to repent and live!”

Acts 17:30

God has overlooked the times when people did not know him, but now he commands all of them everywhere to turn away from their evil ways.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.

Acts 20:21

To Jews and Gentiles alike I gave solemn warning that they should turn from their sins to God and believe in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 26:20

First in Damascus and in Jerusalem and then in the whole country of Israel and among the Gentiles, I preached that they must repent of their sins and turn to God and do the things that would show they had repented.

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do,

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the sadness that is used by God brings a change of heart that leads to salvation—and there is no regret in that! But sadness that is merely human causes death.

Colossians 1:13

He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us safe into the kingdom of his dear Son,

2 Timothy 2:25

who is gentle as you correct your opponents, for it may be that God will give them the opportunity to repent and come to know the truth.

Hebrews 6:1

Let us go forward, then, to mature teaching and leave behind us the first lessons of the Christian message. We should not lay again the foundation of turning away from useless works and believing in God;

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow to do what he has promised, as some think. Instead, he is patient with you, because he does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants all to turn away from their sins.

Revelation 2:21

I have given her time to repent of her sins, but she does not want to turn from her immorality.

Revelation 2:5

Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins and do what you did at first. If you don't turn from your sins, I will come to you and take your lampstand from its place.