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Complete Jewish Bible
Luke 13:18
So he went on to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? With what will we compare it?
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Christian Standard Bible®
He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like,
He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like,
King James Version (1611)
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdome of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdome of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
King James Version
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
English Standard Version
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
New American Standard Bible
So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
New Century Version
Then Jesus said, "What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
Then Jesus said, "What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
Amplified Bible
So this led Him to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
So this led Him to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore, He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
Therefore, He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
Contemporary English Version
Jesus said, "What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
Jesus said, "What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
Darby Translation
And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said, "What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it to?
Then Jesus said, "What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it to?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? or whereto shall I compare it?
Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? or whereto shall I compare it?
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Jesus said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Good News Translation
Jesus asked, "What is the Kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with?
Jesus asked, "What is the Kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with?
Lexham English Bible
Therefore he said, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
Therefore he said, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
Literal Translation
And He said, What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
And He said, What is the kingdom of God like? And 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?
He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto 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?
Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?
Hebrew Names Version
He said, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
He said, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
International Standard Version
So Jesushe">[fn] went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?Matthew 13:31; Mark 4:30;">[xr]
So Jesushe">[fn] went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?Matthew 13:31; Mark 4:30;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu said, What doth the kingdom of Aloha resemble, and to what shall I compare it ?
Jeshu said, What doth the kingdom of Aloha resemble, and to what shall I compare it ?
Murdock Translation
And Jesus said: To what is the kingdom of God like? and with what shall I compare it?
And Jesus said: To what is the kingdom of God like? and with what shall I compare it?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or whereto shall I compare it?
Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or whereto shall I compare it?
English Revised Version
He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
World English Bible
He said, "To what is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
He said, "To what is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I resemble it?
Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I resemble it?
Weymouth's New Testament
This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor he seide, To what thing is the kyngdom of God lijk? and to what thing schal Y gesse it to be lijk?
Therfor he seide, To what thing is the kyngdom of God lijk? and to what thing schal Y gesse it to be lijk?
Update Bible Version
He said therefore, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
He said therefore, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I resemble it?
Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I resemble it?
New English Translation
Thus Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?
Thus Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?
New King James Version
Matthew 13:31,32; Mark 4:30-32">[xr] Then He said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
Matthew 13:31,32; Mark 4:30-32">[xr] Then He said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
New Living Translation
Then Jesus said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? How can I illustrate it?
Then Jesus said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? How can I illustrate it?
New Life Bible
Then Jesus asked, "What is the holy nation of God like? What can I use to show you?
Then Jesus asked, "What is the holy nation of God like? What can I use to show you?
New Revised Standard
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He went on to say, therefore - Whereunto, is the kingdom of God, like? And, whereunto, shall I liken it?
He went on to say, therefore - Whereunto, is the kingdom of God, like? And, whereunto, shall I liken it?
Douay-Rheims Bible
He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Revised Standard Version
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or wherto shall I compare it?
Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or wherto shall I compare it?
Young's Literal Translation
And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde: What is the kyngdome of God like? Or wher vnto shal I copare it?
And he sayde: What is the kyngdome of God like? Or wher vnto shal I copare it?
Mace New Testament (1729)
Then he said, what does the kingdom of God resemble? to what shall I compare it?
Then he said, what does the kingdom of God resemble? to what shall I compare it?
THE MESSAGE
Then he said, "How can I picture God's kingdom for you? What kind of story can I use? It's like a pine nut that a man plants in his front yard. It grows into a huge pine tree with thick branches, and eagles build nests in it."
Then he said, "How can I picture God's kingdom for you? What kind of story can I use? It's like a pine nut that a man plants in his front yard. It grows into a huge pine tree with thick branches, and eagles build nests in it."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus asked, "What's God's outfit like? How can I explain it to you?
Then Jesus asked, "What's God's outfit like? How can I explain it to you?
Contextual Overview
18 So he went on to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? With what will we compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds flying about nested in its branches." 20 Again he said, "With what will I compare the Kingdom of God? 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with a bushel of flour, then waited until the whole batch of dough rose." 22 Yeshua continued traveling through town after town and village after village, teaching and making his way toward Yerushalayim.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Unto: Luke 13:20, Luke 7:31, Lamentations 2:13, Matthew 13:31
the kingdom: Luke 17:21, Mark 4:26, Mark 4:30-34
Reciprocal: Matthew 11:16 - whereunto Matthew 13:24 - The kingdom Mark 4:31 - like
Cross-References
Genesis 8:20
Noach built an altar to Adonai . Then he took from every clean animal and every clean bird, and he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Noach built an altar to Adonai . Then he took from every clean animal and every clean bird, and he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 13:4
where he had first built the altar; and there Avram called on the name of Adonai .
where he had first built the altar; and there Avram called on the name of Adonai .
Genesis 13:7
Moreover, quarreling arose between Avram's and Lot's herdsmen. The Kena‘ani and the P'rizi were then living in the land.
Moreover, quarreling arose between Avram's and Lot's herdsmen. The Kena‘ani and the P'rizi were then living in the land.
Genesis 13:8
Avram said to Lot, "Please, let's not have quarreling between me and you, or between my herdsmen and yours, since we're kinsmen.
Avram said to Lot, "Please, let's not have quarreling between me and you, or between my herdsmen and yours, since we're kinsmen.
Genesis 14:13
Someone who had escaped came and told Avram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Emori, brother of Eshkol and brother of ‘Aner; all of them allies of Avram.
Someone who had escaped came and told Avram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Emori, brother of Eshkol and brother of ‘Aner; all of them allies of Avram.
Genesis 18:1
Adonai appeared to Avraham by the oaks of Mamre as he sat at the entrance to the tent during the heat of the day.
Adonai appeared to Avraham by the oaks of Mamre as he sat at the entrance to the tent during the heat of the day.
Genesis 23:2
Sarah died in Kiryat-Arba, also known as Hevron, in the land of Kena‘an; and Avraham came to mourn Sarah and weep for her.
Sarah died in Kiryat-Arba, also known as Hevron, in the land of Kena‘an; and Avraham came to mourn Sarah and weep for her.
Genesis 35:27
Ya‘akov came home to his father Yitz'chak at Mamre, near Kiryat-Arba (also known as Hevron), where Avraham and Yitz'chak had lived as foreigners.
Ya‘akov came home to his father Yitz'chak at Mamre, near Kiryat-Arba (also known as Hevron), where Avraham and Yitz'chak had lived as foreigners.
Genesis 37:14
He said to him, "Go now, see whether things are going well with your brothers and with the sheep, and bring word back to me." So he sent him away from the Hevron Valley, and he went to Sh'khem,
He said to him, "Go now, see whether things are going well with your brothers and with the sheep, and bring word back to me." So he sent him away from the Hevron Valley, and he went to Sh'khem,
Numbers 13:22
They went up into the Negev and arrived at Hevron; Achiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the ‘Anakim, lived there. (Hevron was built seven years before Tzo‘an in Egypt.)
They went up into the Negev and arrived at Hevron; Achiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the ‘Anakim, lived there. (Hevron was built seven years before Tzo‘an in Egypt.)
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then said he, unto what is the kingdom of God like?.... 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, Matthew 13:31- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See these parables explained in the notes at Matthew 13:31-32.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 18. - 19. The kingdom - is like a grain of mustard seed — Matthew 13:31.
