Luke 13:18

18 This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?

Luke 13:18 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 13:18

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).

Luke 13:18 In-Context

16 And this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?"
17 When He had said this, all His opponents were ashamed, while the whole multitude was delighted at the many glorious things continually done by Him.
18 This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
19 It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."
20 And again He said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
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