Mat 11:11-12 The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence

1. The Kingdom Of Heaven Suffereth Violence
Matt 11:11-12
11) Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of
women there hath not risen a greater than John the
Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of
heaven is greater than he.
12) And from the days of John the Baptist until now the
kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent
take it by force.
Matt 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast
out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
Matt 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the
children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of
the wicked one;
Dan 2:44-45
44) And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven
set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall

2. break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it
shall stand for ever.
45) Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out
of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces
the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the
great God hath made known to the king what shall come
to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure.
John 6:15
15) When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come
and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed
again into a mountain himself alone.
Matt 21:38
38) But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said
among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him,
and let us seize on his inheritance.
Matt 21:45-46
45) And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his
parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
46) But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared
the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Luke 17:20-21

3. 20) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when
the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and
said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21) Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold,
the kingdom of God is within you.
Matt 21:42-43
42) Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the
scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same
is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing,
and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43) Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be
taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the
fruits thereof.
Acts 28:23-31
23) And when they had appointed him a day, there came
many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and
testified the kingdom of God, persuading them
concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of
the prophets, from morning till evening.
24) And some believed the things which were spoken, and
some believed not.
25) And when they agreed not among themselves, they
departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake
the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

4. 26) Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall
hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see,
and not perceive:
27) For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed;
lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their
ears, and understand with their heart, and should be
converted, and I should heal them.
28) Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of
God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
29) And when he had said these words, the Jews departed,
and had great reasoning among themselves.
30) And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired
house, and received all that came in unto him,
31) Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those
things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all
confidence, no man forbidding him.
Acts 19:8
8) And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for
the space of three months, disputing and persuading the
things concerning the kingdom of God.
Acts 20:25

5. 25) And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I
have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my
face no more.
John 6:5-6
5) When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great
company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence
shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6) And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what
he would do.
Rom 11:18-27
18) Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou
bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19) Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that
I might be graffed in.
20) Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and
thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21) For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed
lest he also spare not thee.
22) Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on
them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if
thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt
be cut off.
23) And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall
be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

6. 24) For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild
by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good
olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the
natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
25) For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant
of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until
the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26) And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There
shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob:
27) For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take
away their sins.
Luke 21:24
24) And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall
be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be
trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled.
Dan 2:34-35
34) Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without
hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of
iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35) Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and
the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the

7. chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried
them away, that no place was found for them: and the
stone that smote the image became a great mountain,
and filled the whole earth.
Ps 2:1-12
Ps 2
1) Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a
vain thing?
2) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers
take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his
anointed, saying,
3) Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their
cords from us.
4) He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall
have them in derision.
5) Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex
them in his sore displeasure.
6) Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7) I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me,
Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8) Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy
possession.

8. 9) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt
dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10) Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye
judges of the earth.
11) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12) Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the
way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all
they that put their trust in him.
Isa 2:1-22
Isa 2
1) The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning
Judah and Jerusalem.
2) And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the
mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the
top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills;
and all nations shall flow unto it.
3) And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us
go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the
God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will
walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4) And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke
many people: and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation

9. shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more.
5) O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light
of the LORD.
6) Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of
Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are
soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please
themselves in the children of strangers.
7) Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there
any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses,
neither is there any end of their chariots:
8) Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of
their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
9) And the mean man boweth down, and the great man
humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
10) Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear
of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
11) The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD
alone shall be exalted in that day.
12) For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every
one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is
lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
13) And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and
lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

10. 14) And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills
that are lifted up,
15) And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced
wall,
16) And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all
pleasant pictures.
17) And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and
the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD
alone shall be exalted in that day.
18) And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
19) And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into
the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the
glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the
earth.
20) In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his
idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to
worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21) To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of
the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory
of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
22) Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for
wherein is he to be accounted of?
Jer 25:1-38
Jer 25

11. 1) The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the
people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
2) The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the
people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
saying,
3) From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king
of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and
twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me,
and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but
ye have not hearkened.
4) And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the
prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not
hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
5) They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil
way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the
land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your
fathers for ever and ever:
6) And go not after other gods to serve them, and to
worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the
works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
7) Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD;
that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your
hands to your own hurt.

12. 8) Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have
not heard my words,
9) Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,
saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon,
my servant, and will bring them against this land, and
against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these
nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and
make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and
perpetual desolations.
10) Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and
the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and
the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the
light of the candle.
11) And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an
astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of
Babylon seventy years.
12) And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are
accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and
that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land
of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
13) And I will bring upon that land all my words which I
have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this
book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the
nations.
14) For many nations and great kings shall serve
themselves of them also: and I will recompense them

13. according to their deeds, and according to the works of
their own hands.
15) For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take
the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the
nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16) And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad,
because of the sword that I will send among them.
17) Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all
the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
18) To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the
kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a
desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it
is this day;
19) Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his
princes, and all his people;
20) And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the
land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines,
and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of
Ashdod,
21) Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
22) And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon,
and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
23) Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the
utmost corners,
24) And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the
mingled people that dwell in the desert,

14. 25) And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam,
and all the kings of the Medes,
26) And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with
another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are
upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall
drink after them.
27) Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be
drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of
the sword which I will send among you.
28) And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine
hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith
the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
29) For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called
by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye
shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all
the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
30) Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words,
and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and
utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily
roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that
tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31) A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for
the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will
plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to
the sword, saith the LORD.

15. 32) Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go
forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be
raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33) And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from
one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth:
they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried;
they shall be dung upon the ground.
34) Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in
the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your
slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and
ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35) And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the
principal of the flock to escape.
36) A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of
the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath
spoiled their pasture.
37) And the peaceable habitations are cut down because
of the fierce anger of the LORD.
38) He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is
desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and
because of his fierce anger.