Mat 4:17, 11:12-13, Luk 7:29 | ISV | STEP | From then on, Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”

Matthew 4:17

17 From then on, Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”Matt 3:2; 10:7; Mark 1:14-15

Matthew 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 13 For the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John,Mal 4:6

Luke 7:29

29 All 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