18 The Lord will save me from every wrong thing. He will bring me safely into the kingdom of heaven. Praise him for ever and ever. Yes, he will!
5 Listen, my dear brothers. God has chosen people who are poor in this world. They believe very much. They will have a place in the kingdom which he has promised to give to those who love him.
28 We have a place in heaven that cannot be shaken. So let us be glad and worship God and please him. Let us respect and fear him.
29 Our God is a fire that can burn up.
11 I tell you the truth. No one has ever been born who is greater than John the Baptizer. And yet the smallest one in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 From the time of John until now, people try hard to break into the kingdom of heaven. And strong people take hold of it.
21 Some people say to me, "Lord, Lord". But not all who say that will go into the kingdom of heaven. Only those who do what my Father in heaven wants, will go in.
31 Jesus told the people another story. He said, The kingdom of heaven is like this. A man took a mustard seed and planted it in his field.
32 A mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds. But the plant that grows from it is bigger than other plants. It is like a tree. It is so big that birds come and live in the branches.
33 Jesus told them another story. He said, The kingdom of heaven is like this. A woman took yeast and mixed it with many cups of flour. The yeast went all through the flour.
17 From then on, Jesus began to tell Gods word to the people. He said, Stop your wrong ways and turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven is here!
24 Jesus told the people another story. He said, The kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.
25 While people were sleeping, a bad man came and sowed weeds among the good seed. Then he went away.
26 The good seed grew and the plants gave more seeds. Then the weeds grew too.
27 The servants came and said to the man who owned the field, "Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How did the weeds get here?"
28 He answered them, "A bad man has done this." They asked him, "Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?"
29 "No," said the man. "If you pull up the weeds, then the good plants will come up with them.
30 Let them both grow together until the harvest time. When it is time to cut it, I will say to the men who cut it, Cut the weeds first. Tie them in bundles to be burned. Then put the grain into my storehouse."
32 Do not fear, little family. Your Father wants to give the kingdom to you.
9 So talk to your God like this: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
10 "May your kingdom come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
10 So my brothers, try to show that God has called you and chosen you. If you do these things, you will never fall.
11 That will make it easy for you to go into the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. His kingdom will be for ever.
18 I tell you this. You are Peter. On this rock I will build my church. The power of death will not destroy it.
19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. What you tie on earth will be tied in heaven. What you set free on earth will be set free in heaven.
1 After some years had passed, John the Baptizer came and told Gods word in the desert of Judea.
2 He said, Stop doing wrong things and turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven is almost here.
11 I tell you, many people will come from the east and from the west. They will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
3 He said, God makes happy those who know that they need him. The kingdom of heaven is for them.
4 God makes happy those who are sad. They will have comfort.
5 God makes happy those who quietly trust him and do not try to get their own way. The world will belong to them.
6 God makes happy those who are hungry and thirsty for what is right and good. They will be filled.
7 God makes happy those who are kind. He will be kind to them.
8 God makes happy those who have clean hearts. They will see God.
9 God makes happy those who make peace between people. They will be called Gods sons.
10 God makes happy those who have trouble for doing what is right. The kingdom of heaven is for them.
11 God makes you happy when people say wrong things about you, when they trouble you, and when they say all kinds of lies about you. God makes you happy when it is for my sake.
12 Be happy and glad because God will be good to you in heaven. In the same way people troubled the prophets before your time.
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, I tell you the truth. It is very hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
24 And I tell you this also. It is easier for a big animal like a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
25 When the disciples heard this, they were very much surprised. They said, Then who can be saved?
26 Jesus looked at them and said, Men cannot do it, but God can do anything.
1 The disciples came to Jesus at that time. They said, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 Jesus called a child to him. He had the child stand in front of them.
3 He said, I tell you the truth. If your hearts do not change and become like hearts of children, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.
4 So anyone who feels himself small like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 You know this. There are people who use sex wrongly, and who are always wanting what others have. No such a person has any place in the kingdom of Christ and of God. He is worshipping an idol.
36 Then Jesus left the people and went into the house. His disciples came to him. They said, Tell us the meaning of the story about the weeds in the field.
37 Jesus answered, The person who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world. The good seed means the people who belong to the kingdom. The weeds mean those who belong to the bad one.
39 The bad man who planted the weeds is the devil. The harvest time is the end of this world. The men who cut the harvest are angels.
40 The weeds are gathered and burned in a fire. That is the way it will be at the end of the world.
41 The Son of Man will send his angels. They will gather everything that is bad and the people who do bad things. They will take them out of his kingdom.
42 They will put them into the big fire. There they will cry and make a noise with their teeth.
43 Then the people who are right with God will shine like the sun in their Fathers kingdom. Everyone who has ears, listen.
44 The kingdom of heaven is like this. Something worth a lot of money is buried in a field. A man found it and covered it again. He was so glad that he went and sold everything he had. Then he bought that field.
45 The kingdom of heaven is like this. A trader was looking for fine stones called pearls.
46 He found a pearl that was worth a lot of money. Then he went and sold everything he had and bought it.
19 So anyone who does not obey one of the smallest laws, and teaches other people not to obey it, will have the smallest part in the kingdom of heaven. But any one who obeys and teaches the law, will have a big part in the kingdom of heaven.
20 I tell you, you must do much better than the scribes and Pharisees. If you do not, then you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.
47 The kingdom of heaven is like this. A fish net was thrown into the sea. It caught all kinds of fish.
48 When it was full, the men pulled it to the land. They sat down and picked out the good fish into baskets. But they threw the bad fish away.
49 That is the way it will be at the end of the world. The angels will come and take the bad people away from the good people.
50 They will put the bad people into the never-ending hell fire. There they will cry and make a noise with their teeth.
14 But Jesus said, Let the children come to me. Do not try to stop them. The kingdom of heaven belongs to people like them.
7 As you go, tell people that the kingdom of heaven is here.