You will be a special nation—a kingdom of priests.’ Moses, you must tell the people of Israel what I have said.”
Matthew 21:43 - Easy To Read Version “So I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you. God’s kingdom will be given to people that do the things God wants in his kingdom. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I tell you, for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the fruits of it. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. Common English Bible Therefore, I tell you that God’s kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a people who produce its fruit. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and it shall be given to a people who shall produce its fruits. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof. |
You will be a special nation—a kingdom of priests.’ Moses, you must tell the people of Israel what I have said.”
Open the gates\par and the good people will enter.\par Those people obey God’s good teachings.\par
Look, my Master has a person\par that is strong and brave.\par That person will come into the country\par like a storm of hail and rain.\par He will come like a storm into the country.\par He will be like a powerful river of water\par flooding the country.\par He will throw that crown (Samaria)\par down to the ground.\par
But I use the power of God’s Spirit to force out demons. This shows that the kingdom of God has come to you.
The Jewish priests and leaders said, “He will surely kill those evil men. Then he will lease the land to some other farmers. He will lease it to farmers that will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”
Jesus said to them, “Surely you have read this in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [300]} :
The person that falls on this stone will be broken. And if the stone falls on a person, then it will crush that person.” {\cf2\super [302]}
Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. A person must be born again. If a person is not born again, then that person cannot be in God’s kingdom.”
But Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. A person must be born from water and the Spirit. {\cf2\super [47]} If a person is not born from water and the Spirit, then he cannot enter God’s kingdom.
I may have the gift of prophecy {\cf2\super [93]} ; I may understand all the secret things \{of God\} and know everything; and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I don’t have love, then I am nothing.
But you are chosen people. You are the King’s priests. You are a holy {\cf2\super [20]} nation of people. You are people who belong to God. God chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He called (brought) you out of darkness (sin) into his wonderful light.