Luke 13:19
It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a great tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
In Context
18And he said, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
20Again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 49:20The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?
Isaiah 58:11and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
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 →