¹⁶ The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.

⁹ But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

¹⁰ This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

¹¹ Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.

¹³ For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.

¹⁴ And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.

² Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

²⁴ And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.

²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

¹⁸ But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

¹⁹ Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

⁴⁸ If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

⁴⁵ Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

³¹ And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

²⁹ But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.

¹¹ Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

⁹ And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

² And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.

²⁶ But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

²⁷ This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

²⁸ I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

²⁹ (And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

⁴⁵ But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

¹⁴ Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

⁷ And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.

²³ And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

¹⁷ From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.