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 doughter of Abraham whom Sathan hath bounde loo .xviii. yeares be lowsed from this bonde on the saboth daye?
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And when he thus sayde all his adversaries were ashamed and all the people reioysed on all the excellent dedes that were done by him.
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Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or wherto shall I compare it?
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It is lyke a grayne of mustard seede which a man toke and sowed in his garden: and it grewe and wexed a greate tree and the foules of the ayer made nestes in the braunches of it.
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And agayne he sayde: wher vnto shall I lyken ye kyngdome of god?