Bible verse
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Matthew 3:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 3.
1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
4 John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.
6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
KJV
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
ASV
Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
ERV
saying, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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