Luke 13:18 “Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I comp…”

Luke 13:18

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? or whereto shall I compare it?

Darby Translation

And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

Young's Literal Translation

And he said, 'To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

Bible in Basic English

Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“Unto”

Luke 13:20 Luke 7:31 Lamentations 2:13 Matthew 13:31

Luke 13:20 · BSB

Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

Luke 7:31 · BSB

“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

Lamentations 2:13 · BSB

What 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 13:31 · BSB

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

“the kingdom”

Mark 4:30–34 Luke 17:21 Mark 4:26

Mark 4:30–34 · BSB

Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

Luke 17:21 · BSB

Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst. ”

Mark 4:26 · BSB

Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

Also

Matthew 13:24

Matthew 13:24 · BSB

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

19It 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.”

Read Luke 13