Luke 13:18

Then said He, To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

1770 John Worsley 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

17Upon his saying this, all his adversaries were ashamed: but the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.

19It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in it's boughs.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:24Another parable propounded He unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man, who sowed good grain in his ground:

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

Luke 7:31Whereunto therefore shall I compare the men of this generation?

Luke 17:21Neither shall they say, Behold it is here, or behold it is there; for 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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