Luke 17:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 17:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 17:21 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. within you: or, among you" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 17:21 — KJV
“Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. within you: or, among you”
— Luke 17:21 (KJV)
Luke 17:21 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 17:21
“Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.”
Shares key themes with Luke 17:21: say, here, behold
“His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. the seers: or, Hosai”
Shares key themes with Luke 17:21: say, here, behold
“For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
Shares key themes with Luke 17:21: say, here, kingdom
“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:”
Shares key themes with Luke 17:21: here, god, within
“And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.”
Shares key themes with Luke 17:21: here, god, within
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