5 Teachings From Jesus Everyone Gets Wrong

Luke 17:21

Luke 17:21 says, “Neither shall they say, Lo here! Or, lo there! For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” Jesus was trying to solve the timeless problem many spiritual seekers encounter that of thinking God, Heaven or Divinity is an external place or entity. “Within you” comes off as an unfavorable translation, seeing that Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees at the time. Jesus was surely not saying that the Kingdom of God resided within the Pharisees’ hearts. The Pharisees opposed Jesus and had no relationship with God. The better translation would be “in your midst” or “among you.” Jesus was telling the Pharisees that He brought the Kingdom of God to earth. Jesus’ presence in their midst gave them a taste of the kingdom life, as attested by the miracles Jesus performed.