Matthew 3:2

Matthew chapter 3 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Context

v.1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying,

v.2This passage

v.3For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 8:47
yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;
Mark 6:12
And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
Luke 21:31
Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.
Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Matthew 4:17
From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Luke 13:3
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.