Matthew 4:17
17From then on, Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”Matt 3:2; 10:7; Mark 1:14-15Matthew 11:12-13
12“From the days of John the Baptist until the present, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, ▼▼Or has been under violent attack
and violent people have been attacking it.Luke 16:16 13For the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John,Mal 4:6 Luke 7:29
29All the people who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God, ▼▼Or acknowledged God's judgment
for they had been baptized with John's baptism.Matt 3:5; Luke 3:12
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