Luke 13:18

And He said, “To what is the Kingdom of God like? And to what will I liken it?

Literal Standard Version

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 He saying these things, all who were opposed to Him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by Him.

19It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the birds of the heavens rested in its branches.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:24Another allegory He set before them, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

Mark 4:26And He said, “Thus is the Kingdom of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

Luke 7:31And the LORD said, “To what, then, will I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

Luke 17:21nor will they say, Behold, here; or, Behold, there; for behold, 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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