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).
16
And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"
17
As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
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He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
19
It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches."
20
And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
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For ver. 18, 19, see Matthew 13:31, 32; Mark 4:30-32
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