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 hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"
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And when He had said these things, all His adversaries were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.
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Then said He, "Unto what is the Kingdom of God like? And unto what shall I compare it?
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It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it."
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And again He said, "Unto what shall I liken the Kingdom of God?
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