Luke 13:18

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

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 13:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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?
  2. Matthew 13:24Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
  3. Matthew 13:31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
  4. Mark 4:26Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
  5. Mark 4:30Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
  6. Luke 7:31“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?
  7. Luke 13:20Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?
  8. 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.”

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