Luke 13:19
It 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
20And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up.
Song of Solomon 6:2I to my beloved, and my beloved to me, who feedeth among the lilies.
Isaiah 2:2And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 49:20The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in.
Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
Isaiah 58:11And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail
Matthew Henry on Luke 13:19-23
The Widow of Nain. 18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and… Read the whole commentary →