Theology & Doctrine
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.
The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.’
He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’
I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,
As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately.
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
“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.
He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?