Then said he, unto what is the kingdom of God like? &c.] The same with the kingdom of heaven, in ( Matthew 13:31 ) and so the Ethiopic version reads it here, "and whereunto shall I resemble it?" of this way of speaking, (See Gill on Mark 4:30).
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And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, [these] eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?
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And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
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It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.
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And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
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