17From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Christ teaches us to pray for the coming of that kingdom daily (see the second petition of the Lord’s Prayer, Luke 11:2). That kingdom is already here, but we pray for the coming of the perfection of that kingdom.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”