Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains.

But Jesus said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do.”

Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,

But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God.”

But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

When Jesus noticed this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”

“And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,