Luke 13:18

Parables of Mustard Seed and Leaven

18 So ¹He was saying, "²What 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, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?"

17 As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

18 So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

19 "It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and THE BIRDS OF THE AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES."

20 And again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

Cross References

• 1. Luke 13:18, 19: {Matthew 13:31, 32; Mark 4:30-32}
• 2. Matthew 13:24; Luke 13:20