Luke 13:20
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New International Version (©2011)
Again he asked, "What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

New Living Translation (©2007)
He also asked, "What else is the Kingdom of God like?

English Standard Version (©2001)
And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Again He said, "What can I compare the kingdom of God to?

International Standard Version (©2012)
Again he said, "To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

NET Bible (©2006)
Again he said, "To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Again, Yeshua said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He asked again, "What can I compare the kingdom of God to?

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

American King James Version
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

American Standard Version
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?

Darby Bible Translation
And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

English Revised Version
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Webster's Bible Translation
And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Weymouth New Testament
And again He said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

World English Bible
Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

Young's Literal Translation
And again he said, 'To what shall I liken the reign of God?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:18-22 Here is the progress of the gospel foretold in two parables, as in Mt 13. The kingdom of the Messiah is the kingdom of God. May grace grow in our hearts; may our faith and love grow exceedingly, so as to give undoubted evidence of their reality. May the example of God's saints be blessed to those among whom they live; and may his grace flow from heart to heart, until the little one becomes a thousand.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And again he said,.... That is, Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; besides the parable of the grain of mustard seed, that also of the leaven hid in three measures of meal:

whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God; either the Gospel of the kingdom, and the mysteries of it; or the church, which is Christ's kingdom; or the grace of God in the heart, which makes meet for the kingdom of glory; the first seems rather to be intended; See Gill on Matthew 13:33.

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The Parable of the Leaven
20And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 22And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

Matthew 11:16 "To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
Matthew 13:24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Luke 13:18 Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?
Luke 13:21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough."