◄ Luke 13:18 ►
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Good News Translation
Jesus asked, "What is the Kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with?

New Revised Standard Version
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said, "What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it with?

New American Bible
Then he said, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

Douay-Rheims Bible
He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?

Unto.

Luke 13:20 And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?

Luke 7:31 And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

Lamentations 2:13 Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?

Matthew 13:31 Another parable he proposed unto them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.

the kingdom.

Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you.

Mark 4:26,30 And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth, . . .

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Context
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
17And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him. 18He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden: and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:24
Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:31
Another parable he proposed unto them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.

Matthew 13:32
Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof.

Mark 4:30
And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?

Luke 13:20
And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?

Luke 13:17
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