Luke 13:19
It is like a graine of mustard seede, which a man tooke and sowed in his garden, and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the heauen made nestes in the branches thereof.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
18Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? or whereto shall I compare it?
20And againe he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdome of God?
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12My sister my spouse is as a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, and a fountaine sealed vp.
Song of Solomon 6:2I am my welbeloueds, and my welbeloued is mine, who feedeth among the lilies.
Isaiah 2:2It shall be in the last dayes, that the mountaine of the house of the Lord shalbe prepared in the top of the mountaines, and shall be exalted aboue the hilles, and all nations shall flowe vnto it.
Isaiah 49:20The children of thy barennesse shall say againe in thine eares, The place is straict for mee: giue place to me that I may dwell.
Isaiah 53:1Who will beleeue our report? and to whom is the arme of the Lord reueiled?
Isaiah 58:11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfie thy soule in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watred garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters faile 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 →