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18 Jesus asked, "What is God's kingdom like? To what can I compare it?
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Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?
19 It's like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in a garden. It grew and developed into a tree and the birds in the sky nested in its branches."
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It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.”
20 Again he said, "To what can I compare God's kingdom?
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Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?
21 It's like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a bushel of wheat flour until the yeast had worked its way through the whole."
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It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty poundsof flour until it worked all through the dough.”
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