Matthew 4:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

From that time Jesus began to tell people his message: “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”

Cross References

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ. Then God will forgive your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 5:32

I have not come to ask good people to change. I have come to ask sinners to change the way they live.”

Luke 24:47

You saw these things happen—you are witnesses. You must go and tell people that they must change and turn to God, which will bring them his forgiveness. You must start from Jerusalem and tell this message in my name to the people of all nations.

Acts 17:30

In the past people did not understand God, and he overlooked this. But now he is telling everyone in the world to change and turn to him.

Matthew 9:13

You need to go and learn what this Scripture means: ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’ I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners.”

Acts 26:20

I began telling people to change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. And I told them to do what would show that they had really changed. I went first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.

Luke 15:7

In the same way, I tell you, heaven is a happy place when one sinner decides to change. There is more joy for that one sinner than for 99 good people who don’t need to change.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives. Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins.

Luke 15:10

In the same way, it’s a happy time for the angels of God when one sinner decides to change.”

Acts 20:21

I told everyone—Jewish and non-Jewish people—to change and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 6:1

So we should be finished with the beginning lessons about Christ. We should not have to keep going back to where we started. We began our new life by turning away from the evil we did in the past and by believing in God. That’s when we were taught about baptisms, laying hands on people, the resurrection of those who have died, and the final judgment. Now we need to go forward to more mature teaching.

Acts 11:18

When the Jewish believers heard this, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is also allowing even those who are not Jews to change their hearts so that they can have the life he gives!”

Matthew 25:1

“At that time God’s kingdom will be like ten girls who went to wait for the bridegroom. They took their lamps with them.

Matthew 13:47

“Also, God’s kingdom is like a net that was put into the lake. The net caught many different kinds of fish.

Matthew 10:7

When you go, tell them this: ‘God’s kingdom is now very near.’

Luke 9:2

He sent them to tell about God’s kingdom and to heal the sick.

Matthew 11:12

Since the time John the Baptizer came until now, God’s kingdom has been going forward strongly. And people have been trying to take control of it by force.

Matthew 13:24

Then Jesus used another story to teach them. Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like a man who planted good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:9

You people who hear me, listen!”

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “Only you can know the secret truths about God’s kingdom. Those other people cannot know these secret truths.

Matthew 6:10

We pray that your kingdom will come— that what you want will be done here on earth, the same as in heaven.

Luke 3:23

When Jesus began to teach, he was about 30 years old. People thought that Jesus was Joseph’s son. Joseph was the son of Eli.