Luke 13:18

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? ¹

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 Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

17 When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

19 It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

20 Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

Cross References

• 1. (Matthew 13:31–32; Mark 4:30–34)