Luke 13:18

Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or wherto shall I compare it?

Tyndale New Testament

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 when he thus sayde all his adversaries were ashamed and all the people reioysed on all the excellent dedes that were done by him.

19It is lyke a grayne of mustard seede which a man toke and sowed in his garden: and it grewe and wexed a greate tree and the foules of the ayer made nestes in the braunches of it.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:24Another similitude put he forth vnto the sayinge: The kyngdome of heven is lyke vnto a man which sowed good seed in his felde.

Mark 4:26And he sayde: so is the kyngdome of God even as yf a man shuld sowe seed in the groude

Luke 7:31And the lorde sayd: Wher vnto shall I lyke the men of this generacion and what thinge are they lyke?

Luke 17:21Nether shall men saye: Loo here loo there. For beholde the kyngdome of God is with in 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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