Luke 13:18

And Jesus said: To what is the kingdom of God like? and with what shall I compare it?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 had said these things, all those that stood up against him were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced in all the miracles that were wrought by his hand.

19It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew, and became a large tree; and a bird of heaven made her nest in its branches.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:24Another similitude he proposed to them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Mark 4:26And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,

Luke 7:31To what, therefore, shall I compare this generation? and to what are they like?

Luke 17:21And they will not say: Behold, here it is! or, Behold, it is there! For lo, 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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