From 4c3202eb7de8acf8164ac3041c59d354a896d7b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hanker10 Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 16:45:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Mt 3:2 change wording re kingdom Mt 3:2 change wording re kingdom from, "God will soon show that he is king" to what you see. This and other instances are changed to reflect Matthew's important distinction of using "heaven" rather than "of God" because the rule includes Jesus triumphant. This also is more than "showing" that he is king, but rather that he IS king and actively exercising his rule. --- 41-MAT/03.usfm | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/41-MAT/03.usfm b/41-MAT/03.usfm index 4fb937eb..660f49da 100644 --- a/41-MAT/03.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/03.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \p \v 1 While Jesus was still in the town of Nazareth, John, whom the people called the Baptizer, went to a desolate place in the province of Judea. He was preaching to the people who came there. He kept saying, -\v 2 "You must stop sinning, because God will soon show that he is king, and he will reject you if you do not stop sinning." +\v 2 "You must stop sinning, because God's rule from heaven is near, and he will reject you if you do not stop sinning." \v 3 When John began preaching, then came true what Isaiah the prophet had said long ago. He said, \pi "In the wilderness people hear someone shouting to anyone who comes, \pi 'Get ready to receive the Lord when he comes!