Luke 13:19

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden, and it grew and became an etz (tree), and the OPH HASHOMAYIM nested in its branches.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying, What is the Malchut Hashem like? And to what shall I make a tzushtel (comparison) of it?

20And again Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, To what shall I compare the Malchut Hashem?

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12A gan (garden) locked is my sister, my kallah; 1 a spring enclosed, a ma'ayan (fountain) sealed. 1

Song of Solomon 6:2Dodi (my beloved) is gone down into his gan (garden), 1 to the beds of spices, 1 to feed in the ganim (gardens), 1 and to gather shoshanim (lilies). 1

Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the acharit hayamim, 1 that the Har Beis Hashem shall be established 1 as the rosh of the mountains, 1 and shall be exalted above the hills; 1 and all the Goyim shall flow unto it. 1

Isaiah 49:20Furthermore, the Bnei Shikkulayich (the Children of thy Bereavement, i.e., the sons born while the Mother was bereaved of other children lost) 1 shall say again in thine oznayim: 1 The makom is too cramped for me; 1 geshah (fall back, make room, give place) to me that I may dwell. 1

Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our report? 1 And to whom is the Zero'a Hashem + 53:1 Isa 52:10 revealed? 1

Isaiah 58:11And Hashem shall guide thee tamid, 1 and satisfy thy nefesh in drought, 1 and strengthen thy atzmot; 1 and thou shalt be like a gan raveh (well-watered garden), 1 and like a motzah mayim (spring of water), 1 whose mayim fail not. 1

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 →

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