Matthew 3:2
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and saying, “Repent ye, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
“Repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins, live your life in a way that proves repentance; seek God’s purpose for your life], for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
And saying, Repent (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”
“Change your hearts and lives! Here comes the kingdom of heaven!”
“Turn from your sins to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near!”
He said, “Turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven will soon be here.”
and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn-near”.
And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”
He told people, ‘You have done many wrong things. You must turn away from them and change how you live. Do this now, because the kingdom of heaven has come very near.’
“Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near!”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
John said, “·Change your hearts and lives [Repent] because the kingdom of heaven ·is near [has drawn near; is at hand].”
And said, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
“Turn to God and change the way you think and act, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”
“Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”
and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”
John said, “Change your hearts and lives because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon.”
“Repent, because the kingdom from heaven is near!”
In due course John the Baptist arrived, preaching in the Judean desert: “You must change your hearts—for the kingdom of Heaven has arrived!”
and saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!”
“Turn from your sins . . . turn to God . . . for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming soon.”
While Jesus was living in the Galilean hills, John, called “the Baptizer,” was preaching in the desert country of Judea. His message was simple and austere, like his desert surroundings: “Change your life. God’s kingdom is here.”
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
· “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
“Turn to God and change the way you think and act, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”
[and] saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.” This was the man of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said:
John said, “Change your hearts and lives because the kingdom of heaven is near.”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
He said, “Turn away from your sins! The kingdom of heaven has come near.”
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
and saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
He said, “Be sorry for your sins and turn from them! The holy nation of heaven is near.”
“Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
saying, Repent: the kingdom of heaven is at hand!
‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’
‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
“Repent!” he was saying. “The kingdom of heaven is coming!”
saying, Make teshuva, for the Malchut HaShomayim has come near.
and said, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
“Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”
John: Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is near.
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
He said, `Stop doing wrong things and turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven is almost here.'
and said, Do ye penance, for the kingdom of heavens shall approach.
and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'
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