Luke 13:18

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

Luke 13:18 in Other Translations

18 Then said he,Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

18 He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

18 Then Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? How can I illustrate it?

18 Then he said, "How can I picture God's kingdom for you? What kind of story can I use?

18 He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?

18 Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?

18 He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?

18 Then Jesus asked, "What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it to?

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 woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”

17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.”

20 Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 3:2
• 2. S Matthew 13:24