Matthew 4:17
Good News Translation
From that time Jesus began to preach his message: "Turn away from your sins, because the Kingdom of heaven is near!"

New Revised Standard Version
From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus started preaching, "Turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven will soon be here."

New American Bible
From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

that.

Mark 1:14 And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came in Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

Repent.

Matthew 3:2 And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 9:13 Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

Matthew 10:7 And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mark 1:15 And saying: The time is accomplished and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the gospel:

Luke 5:32 I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.

Luke 9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Luke 10:11-14 Even the very dust of your city that cleaveth to us, we wipe off against you. Yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand. . . .

Luke 15:7,10 I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. . . .

Luke 24:47 And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Acts 2:38 But Peter said to them: Do penance: and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 3:19 Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.

Acts 11:18 Having heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance, unto life.

Acts 17:30 And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance.

Acts 20:21 Testifying both to Jews and Gentiles penance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:20 But to them first that are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that they should do penance and turn to God, doing works worthy of penance.

2 Timothy 2:25,26 With modesty admonishing them that resist the truth: if peradventure God may give them repentance to know the truth; . . .

Hebrews 6:1 Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to things more perfect: not laying again the foundation of penance from dead works and of faith towards God,

kingdom.

Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.

Matthew 13:9,11,24,47 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. . . .

Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

Context
Jesus Begins His Ministry
16The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up. 17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 18And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).…
Cross References
Matthew 3:2
And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 6:10
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Mark 1:14
And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came in Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

Mark 1:15
And saying: The time is accomplished and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the gospel:

Luke 3:23
And Jesus himself was beginning about the age of thirty years: being (as it was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was of Heli, who was of Mathat,

Matthew 4:16
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