Mark 1:15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near;[a] repent, and believe in the good news.”[b](A)
Read full chapter
Ephesians 1:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.(A)
Read full chapter
Matthew 3:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”[a](A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 3.2 Or is at hand
Galatians 4:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,(A)
Read full chapter
Matthew 4:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”[a](A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 4.17 Or is at hand
Acts 20:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 as I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.[a](A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 20.21 Other ancient authorities add Christ
Acts 2:36-38
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
36 “Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah,[a] this Jesus whom you crucified.”
The First Converts
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers,[b] what should we do?”(A) 38 Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(B)
Read full chapter
Luke 24:47
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.(A)
Read full chapter
Luke 10:11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’[a](A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 10.11 Or is at hand
Matthew 10:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’[a](A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 10.7 Or is at hand
Daniel 9:25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 Know therefore and understand: from the time that the word went out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the time of an anointed prince, there shall be seven weeks, and for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with streets and moat, but in a troubled time.(A)
Read full chapter
Daniel 2:44
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,(A)
Read full chapter
Matthew 21:31-32
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.(A) 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him, and even after you saw it you did not change your minds and believe him.(B)
Read full chapter
2 Timothy 2:25-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth(A) 26 and that they may escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.[a]
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2.26 Or by him, to do his (that is, God’s) will
Romans 16:26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
26 but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith(A)—
Read full chapter
Luke 10:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’[a](A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 10.9 Or is at hand for you
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.