Matthew 3:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ λέγων, Μετανοεῖτε: ἤγγικεν γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.

Transliteration

And legōn, Metanoeite: ēngiken gar the basileia of the ouranōn.

Grammar Details

• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Metanoeite*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - repent/change your mind
• *ēngiken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd singular - has come near/approached
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *basileia*: nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *ouranōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of heavens

Word Meanings

• *Metanoeite*: repent/change your mind/turn away from sin
• *ēngiken*: has come near/has approached/is at hand
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule

Referenced Verses

• Matt 4:17 : 17 From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Matt 6:10 : 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
• Matt 10:7 : 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Mark 1:15 : 15 and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.
• Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.
• Acts 17:30 : 30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
• Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
• 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
• 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,
• Heb 6:1 : 1 Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
• 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
• Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.
• Rev 2:21 : 21 And I gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication.
• Luke 13:3 : 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.
• Luke 13:5 : 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
• Luke 15:7 : 7 I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, [more] than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.
• Luke 15:10 : 10 Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
• Luke 24:47 : 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
• Acts 2:38 : 38 And Peter [said] unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
• Mark 1:4 : 4 John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
• 1 Kgs 8:47 : 47 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;
• Job 42:6 : 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
• Matt 5:10 : 10 Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 5:19-20 : 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
• Mark 6:12 : 12 And they went out, and preached that [men] should repent.
• Luke 6:20 : 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [are] ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Matt 12:41 : 41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
• Matt 13:11 : 11 And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Matt 13:24 : 24 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:
• Matt 13:31 : 31 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
• Matt 13:33 : 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
• Matt 13:44-45 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls:
• Matt 13:47 : 47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
• Matt 13:52 : 52 And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
• Matt 18:1-4 : 1 In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2 And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 18:23 : 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants.
• Matt 20:1 : 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
• Matt 21:29-32 : 29 And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went. 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I [go], sir: and went not. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.
• Matt 22:2 : 2 The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. [
• Matt 25:1 : 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
• Matt 25:14 : 14 For [it is] as [when] a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
• Luke 9:2 : 2 And he sent them forth to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
• Luke 10:9-9 : 9 and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 10 But into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets thereof and say, 11 Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we wipe off against you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.
• Luke 11:20 : 20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
• Matt 11:11-12 : 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.
• Matt 11:20 : 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Ezek 18:30-32 : 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
• John 3:3-5 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!
• Luke 16:30 : 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.
• Luke 21:31 : 31 Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.
• Col 1:13 : 13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;