you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.’
Matthew 21:43 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 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 for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.’
Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
‘He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,’ they replied, ‘and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.’
Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘ “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes” ?
Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.’
Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no-one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.’
Jesus answered, ‘Very truly I tell you, no-one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.