Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Now at one point the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,

Heal the sick in that town and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come upon you!’

But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

Thus Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.

nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is.”

So he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.

But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls.

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

“The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.

For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’