Jesus says that the kingdom of god is within you but this is better translated as among you or in your midst jesus was saying the kingdom of god is here now because the king was among them. The kingdom of god is within you pre reform russian post reform russian tr tsarstvo bozhiye vnutri vas is a non fiction book written by leo tolstoya philosophical treatise the book was first published in germany in 1894 after being banned in his home country of russia. There are three popular interpretations of jesus words in luke 1721 that the kingdom of god is within you or among you 1 the kingdom of god is essentially inward within mans heart 2 the kingdom is within your reach if you make the right choices and 3 the kingdom of god is in your midst in the person and presence of jesus the best of these interpretations it seems is the third jesus was inaugurating the kingdom as he changed the hearts of men one at a time. Now when he was asked by the pharisees when the kingdom of god would come he answered them and said the kingdom of god does not come with observation nor will they say see here or see there for indeed the kingdom of god is within you luke 172021 the kingdom of god is continue reading the kingdom of god is within you