Matthew 10:7

New Century Version

When you go, preach this: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As you go, proclaim: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’

King James Version (1611)
And as yee goe, preach, saying, The kingdome of heauen is at hand:

King James Version
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

English Standard Version
And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

New American Standard Bible
"And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'

Amplified Bible
"And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And as ye goe, preach, saying, The kingdome of heauen is at hand.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

Legacy Standard Bible
And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

Berean Standard Bible
As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.'

Contemporary English Version
As you go, announce that the kingdom of heaven will soon be here.

Complete Jewish Bible
As you go, proclaim, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is near,'

Darby Translation
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

Easy-to-Read Version
When you go, tell them this: ‘God's kingdom is now very near.'

George Lamsa Translation
And as you go, preach and say, that the kingdom of heaven is near.

Good News Translation
Go and preach, ‘The Kingdom of heaven is near!'

Lexham English Bible
And as you are going, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near!'

Literal Translation
And going on, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of Heaven has drawn near.

American Standard Version
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Bible in Basic English
And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.

Hebrew Names Version
As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'

International Standard Version
As you go, proclaim, 'The kingdom of heaven is near!'Matthew 3:2; 4:17; Luke 9:2; 10:9;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And as you go, proclaim and say that the kingdom of heaven hath drawn near.

Murdock Translation
And as ye go, proclaim and say: The kingdom of heaven hath approached.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
As ye go, preache, saying: The kyngdome of heauen is at hande.

English Revised Version
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

World English Bible
As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And as ye go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Weymouth's New Testament
And as you go, preach and say, `The Kingdom of the Heavens is close at hand.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And go ye, and preche ye, and seie, that the kyngdam of heuenes shal neiye;

Update Bible Version
And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as ye go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

New English Translation
As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near!'

New King James Version
And as you go, preach, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

New Living Translation
Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

New Life Bible
As you go, preach. Say, ‘The holy nation of heaven is near.'

New Revised Standard
As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, as ye go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of the heavens hath drawn near!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Revised Standard Version
And preach as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Go and preach sayinge: yt the kyngdome of heve is at hande.

Young's Literal Translation
`And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Go and preach, sayinge: The kyngdome of heue is at hande.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and wherever ye go, make this proclamation: the kingdom of heaven is nigh.

Simplified Cowboy Version
When you're out there, give everyone this message, 'The kingdom of heaven and the Boss's perfect pastures are real close.'

Contextual Overview

⁵ Jesus sent out these twelve men with the following order: "Don't go to the non-Jewish people or to any town where the Samaritans live. ⁶ But go to the people of Israel, who are like lost sheep. ⁷ When you go, preach this: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.' ⁸ Heal the sick, raise the dead to life again, heal those who have skin diseases, and force demons out of people. I give you these powers freely, so help other people freely. ⁹ Don't carry any money with you—gold or silver or copper. ¹⁰ Don't carry a bag or extra clothes or sandals or a walking stick. Workers should be given what they need. ¹¹ "When you enter a city or town, find some worthy person there and stay in that home until you leave. ¹² When you enter that home, say, ‘Peace be with you.' ¹³ If the people there welcome you, let your peace stay there. But if they don't welcome you, take back the peace you wished for them. ¹⁴ And if a home or town refuses to welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake its dust off your feet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

preach: Matthew 4:17, Matthew 11:1, Isaiah 61:1, John 3:2, Mark 6:12, Luke 9:60, Luke 16:16, Acts 4:2

The: Matthew 3:2, Matthew 11:11, Matthew 11:12, Matthew 21:31, Matthew 21:43, Matthew 23:13, Luke 9:2, Luke 9:6, Luke 10:9-11, Acts 10:25, Acts 28:31

Reciprocal: Ruth 2:8 - abide Matthew 4:23 - healing Matthew 22:3 - sent Matthew 24:14 - this Mark 1:15 - the kingdom John 16:4 - that when Acts 20:25 - preaching

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
The first river, named Pishon, flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

1 Kings 10:1
When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to test him with hard questions.

Psalms 72:10
Let the kings of Tarshish and the faraway lands bring him gifts. Let the kings of Sheba and Seba bring their presents to him.

Isaiah 21:13
This is a message about Arabia: A group of traders from Dedan spent the night near some trees in Arabia.

Ezekiel 27:15
"‘People of Rhodes became merchants for you, selling your goods on many coastlands. They brought back ivory tusks and valuable black wood as your payment.

Ezekiel 27:22
"‘The merchants of Sheba and Raamah became merchants for you. They traded your goods for all the best spices, valuable gems, and gold.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as ye go,.... Through the cities of Judea, and the streets thereof, from one city to another, from place to place; for these were itinerant preachers, who were not to abide long in any place, but to move about, that the Gospel might be spread all over the land, and the lost sheep in every corner be sought out and found.

Preach, saying, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. This was to be the subject matter of their ministry, which they were to proclaim aloud in every place; and which is expressed in the same words with which John the Baptist, and Christ himself, began their ministry,

Matthew 3:2 which shows the entire harmony, and strict agreement, there were between them: for the meaning of the phrase;

see Gill "Mt 3:2". The Cambridge copy reads, "repent, for the kingdom", &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The kingdom of heaven is at hand - Or, more literally, the “reign” of heaven, or of God, draws near. See the notes at Matthew 3:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 10:7. And as ye go, preach — πορευομενοι δε κηρυσσετε, and as you proceed, proclaim like heralds - make this proclamation wherever ye go, and while ye are journeying. Preach and travel; and, as ye travel, preach-proclaim salvation to all you meet. Wherever the ministers of Christ go, they find lost, ruined souls; and, wherever they find them, they should proclaim Jesus, and his power to save. For an explanation of the word proclaim or preach, Matthew 3:1.

From this commission we learn what the grand subject of apostolic preaching was - THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND! This was the great message. "They preached," says Quesnel, "to establish the faith; the kingdom, to animate the hope; of heaven, to inspire the love of heavenly things, and the contempt of earthly; which is at hand, that men may prepare for it without delay."