Luke 13:18

He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

In Context

17And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him.

19It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:24Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field.

Mark 4:26And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,

Luke 7:31And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

Luke 17:21Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you.

Matthew Henry on Luke 13:11-18

The Infirm Woman Healed. 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus… Read the whole commentary →

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