Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God - God's visible Kingdom, or Church, upon earth, which up to this time stood in the seed of Abraham,

Shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof - that is, the great Evangelical community of the faithful, which, after the extrusion of the Jewish nation, would consist chiefly of Gentiles, until "all Israel should be saved" (Romans 11:25). This vastly important statement is given by Matthew only.

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