What the Bible ACTUALLY SAYS:

Matthew 3:2 KJB/KJV
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ✅

What OTHER VERSIONS (from Vaticanus+Sinaiticus) say:
AMPC
And saying, Repent (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.❌
CEB
“Change your hearts and lives! Here comes the kingdom of heaven!”❌
CJB
“Turn from your sins to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near!”❌
DRA
And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.❌
ERV
John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”❌
EASY
He told people, ‘You have done many wrong things. You must turn away from them and change how you live. Do this now, because the kingdom of heaven has come very near.’❌
GW
“Turn to God and change the way you think and act, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”❌
GNT
“Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”❌
TLB
“Turn from your sins . . . turn to God . . . for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming soon.”❌
MSG
While Jesus was living in the Galilean hills, John, called “the Baptizer,” was preaching in the desert country of Judea. His message was simple and austere, like his desert surroundings: “Change your life. God’s kingdom is here.”❌
NOG
“Turn to God and change the way you think and act, because the kingdom of heaven is near❌
NCV
John said, “Change your hearts and lives because the kingdom of heaven is near❌
NIRV
He said, “Turn away from your sins! The kingdom of heaven has come near.”❌
NLV
He said, “Be sorry for your sins and turn from them! The holy nation of heaven is near.”❌
NLT
“Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
OJB
saying, Make teshuva, for the Malchut HaShomayim has come near. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ❌
TLV
“Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”❌
WE NT
He said, Stop doing wrong things and turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven is almost here.'❌
WYC
and said, Do ye penance, for the kingdom of heavens shall approach.❌
YLT
and saying, Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'❌
Notice modern versions add unbiblical works-salvationism heresies into, and push and equate various works salvationisms with, the word repent/repentance.
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