Luke 13:18

Then Jesus said, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17When he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame, and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things he was doing.

19It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:24Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a person who sowed good seed in his field,

Mark 4:26He also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

Luke 7:31Jesus went on to say, “To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

Luke 17:21nor will people say, ‘Behold, here it is!’ or, ‘ Behold, there it is!’ 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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