The Coming of the Kingdom of God

20 Now when he[a] was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with things that can be observed,[b] 21 nor will they say, ‘Behold, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

The Coming of the Son of Man

22 And he said to the disciples, “Days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:20 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was asked”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Luke 17:20 Literally “observation”
  3. Luke 17:22 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

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

22 Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man,(D) but you will not see it.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:21 Or is within you