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The Coming of the Kingdom

20 One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the Kingdom of God come?”

Jesus replied, “The Kingdom of God can’t be detected by visible signs.[a] 21 You won’t be able to say, ‘Here it is!’ or ‘It’s over there!’ For the Kingdom of God is already among you.[b]

22 Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns,[c] but you won’t see it.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:20 Or by your speculations.
  2. 17:21 Or is within you, or is in your grasp.
  3. 17:22 Or long for even one day with the Son of Man. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.

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