Luke 13:18

18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of 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 is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

17 And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

20 And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?