Verses about the kingdom of god

“But I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.” I will recount the statute: YHWH said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will give nations as your inheritance, and as your possession the ends of the earth. You will break them with a rod of iron; like a vessel of a potter you will dash them to pieces.”

Of Solomon. Elohim, your judgments give to the king, and your righteousness to the son of the king. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your afflicted with justice. May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness. May he judge the afflicted of the people, save the sons of the needy, and crush the oppressor. They will fear you as long as there is sun, and before the moon, generation after generation. May he come down like rain on the mown field, like downpours that water the earth. May the righteous flourish in his days, and abundance of peace until there is no moon. And may he rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

And a shoot will come out from the trunk of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. And the spirit of YHWH will rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of YHWH. And his delight will be in the fear of YHWH; and he will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear; but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with uprightness for the humble of the earth; and he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will put to death the wicked. And righteousness will be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his hips.

And it will happen at the end of the days that the mountain of the house of YHWH will be established at the top of the mountains, and it will be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations will stream to it, and many peoples will go and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of YHWH, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For out of Zion will go forth instruction, and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem. And he will judge between the nations and decide for many peoples; and they will beat their swords into mattocks and their spears into pruning knives; nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore.

Look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will fulfill the good word that I have spoken to the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a sprout of righteousness, and he will do justice and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely; and this is the name by which they will call her: ‘YHWH, our righteousness.’

And in the days of those kings the Elah of the heavens will set up a kingdom that forever will not be destroyed, and its kingdom will not be left to another people; it will crush and bring to an end all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under all the heavens will be given to the people of the saints of Illaya; his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey him.’

And look, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

In those days John the Immerser appears, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Change your minds, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Now after John was handed over, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; change your minds and believe in the good news.”

And he went around in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

But if by the Spirit of God I drive out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

And being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming in a way that can be observed, nor will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘There!’ For look, the kingdom of God is among you.”

And he told them many things in parables, saying, “Look, the sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on the rocky ground, where they did not have much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they did not have depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they did not have root, they withered. Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them. And other seeds fell on the good soil and were producing fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. The one who has ears, let him hear.”

And he was saying, “The kingdom of God is like this: as if a man should scatter the seed on the ground, and sleep and rise night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows tall, he does not know how. By itself the earth bears fruit, first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain permits, at once he sends in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field; it is smaller than all the seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.” He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven has become like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away. And when the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel appeared also. And the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where does it get darnel?’ And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ And the slaves say to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he says, ‘No, so that while gathering the darnel you do not uproot the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the darnel first and tie it in bundles to burn it, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls; and finding one very valuable pearl, he went away and sold all that he had and bought it.

And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, they received a denarius each. And when the first came, they thought that they would receive more; and they also received the denarius each. And when they received it, they were grumbling against the master of the house, saying, ‘These last ones worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what is yours and go. But I want to give to this last one as I gave also to you. Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with what is mine? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’ So the last will be first, and the first last.”

And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven has become like a man, a king, who made a wedding feast for his son. And he sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were not willing to come. Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I have prepared my dinner, my bulls and the fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his own field, another to his business; and the rest, seizing his slaves, treated them shamefully and killed them. The king was angered, and sending his troops, he destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he says to his slaves, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. So go to the places where the roads go out of the city, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding feast.’ And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was filled with guests.

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who, taking their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were foolish and five wise. For the foolish, taking their lamps, did not take oil with them; but the wise took oil in flasks with their lamps. And as the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and were sleeping. But in the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Look, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘No; otherwise there will certainly not be enough for us and for you; go instead to those who sell and buy for yourselves.’ And while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut. And later the other virgins also come, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’ But he answered, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’ So keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

“Happy are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Happy are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus says to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he set him in their midst and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself like this child, this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such as these belongs the kingdom of God. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter into it.”

And Jesus, looking around, says to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answers again and says to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

But what do you think? A man had two children. He came to the first and said, ‘Child, go, work today in the vineyard.’ And he answered and said, ‘I do not want to.’ But later he regretted it and went. And he came to the second and said the same. And he answered and said, ‘I will, sir,’ and did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They say, “The first.” Jesus says to them, “Truly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God. 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 you, even when you saw it, did not even regret it afterward so as to believe him.

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father was pleased to give you the kingdom.

So you pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be sanctified; may your kingdom come; may your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.

But seek first the kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

For the kingdom of God is not in talk but in power.

And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

And the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign to the ages of the ages.”

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea is no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look, the tent of God is with humanity, and he will pitch his tent with them, and they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them. And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor grief nor crying nor pain will there be any longer; for the first things have passed away.”