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Luke 13:18
Luke 13:18 is verse 18 of Luke chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
King James Version
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
World English Bible
He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?
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Luke 13:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
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?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 13:20Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?
Luke 7:31“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?
Lamentations 2:13What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
Matthew 13:31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
Luke 17:21Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
Mark 4:26Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
Mark 4:30Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
Mark 4:31It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
Mark 4:32But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”
Mark 4:33With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
Mark 4:34He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.