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# Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near

The phrase "kingdom of heaven" refers to God ruling as king. This phrase is only in the book of Matthew. If possible, use the word "heaven" in your translation. See how you translated this in [Matthew 3:2](../03/01.md). AT: "our God in heaven will soon show himself to be king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/preach]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/kingdomofgod]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`The phrase "kingdom of heaven" refers to God ruling as king. This phrase is only in the book of Matthew. If possible, use the word "heaven" in your translation. See how you translated this in [Matthew 3:2](../03/01.md). AT: "our God in heaven will soon show himself to be king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/preach]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/kingdomofgod]]`