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).
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And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
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And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him.
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He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
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It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden: and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.
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And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?