Matthew 21:43

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For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

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  • Exod 19:6 : 6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
  • Isa 26:2 : 2 Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter– one that remains trustworthy.
  • Isa 28:2 : 2 Look, the Lord sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.
  • Matt 8:11-12 : 11 I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
  • Matt 12:28 : 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.
  • Matt 21:41 : 41 They said to him,“He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”
  • Luke 17:20-21 : 20 The Coming of the 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, 21 nor will they say,‘Look, here it is!’ or‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus replied,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
  • 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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