29 People will come from east and west(A) and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

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29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

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The Parable of the Great Banquet(A)

15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast(B) in the kingdom of God.”(C)

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15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

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Additional Teachings

16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John.(A) Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached,(B) and everyone is forcing their way into it.

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16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

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The Coming of the Kingdom of God(A)

20 Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come,(B) Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed,

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20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

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21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’(A) because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:21 Or is within you

21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

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16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

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17 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child(A) will never enter it.”

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17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

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24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!(A)

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24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

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25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

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25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

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29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

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29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

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The Parable of the Ten Minas(A)

11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God(B) was going to appear at once.(C)

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11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

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31 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God(A) is near.

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31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

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16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”(A)

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16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

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