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, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?"
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As he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
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He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
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It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches."
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And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
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