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Luke 17:20-22
New Catholic Bible
Luke 17:20-22
New Catholic Bible
20 The Coming of the Kingdom of God.[a] Once, the Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered, “The coming of the kingdom of God will not occur with signs that can be observed. 21 Nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
22 The Day of the Son of Man.[b] Then he said to his disciples, “The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
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- Luke 17:20 As for when the kingdom will come, it is useless to wait for mysterious signs. The kingdom is already at work in the personal action of Jesus.
- Luke 17:22 This description of events must be read in light of the particular literary genre being used, but this does not lessen its urgency. The other two Synoptic Gospels place these exhortations in the “eschatological discourse.”
