11 translations · Greek
Matthew 3:2
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
Matthew 3:2 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
- KJV King James Version
- And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and saying, “Convert, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near,”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has arrived!”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and saying, 'Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'
- DBY Darby Translation
- and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| λέγων | legōn | saying | G3004 λέγω to say |
| Μετανοεῖτε | Metanoeite | Repent | G3340 μετανοέω to repent |
| ἤγγικεν | ēngiken | is near | G1448 ἐγγίζω to come near |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| βασιλεία | basileia | kingdom | G932 βασιλεία kingdom |
| τῶν | tōn | of | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| οὐρανῶν | ouranōn | heaven | G3772 οὐρανός heaven |
Related verses
- Mark 1:15
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”
- Matthew 4:17
From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
- Daniel 2:44
“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
- Matthew 6:10
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
- Matthew 10:7
As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’
- Luke 24:47
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
- Acts 3:19
“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
- Luke 15:10
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
- Matthew 13:44–45
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
2 “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
3 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.”
4 Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Read all of Matthew 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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