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Etheridge Translation

Luke 13:18

Jeshu said, What doth the kingdom of Aloha resemble, and to what shall I compare it ?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gospel;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Kingdom of Heaven;   Scofield Reference Index - Parables;   Thompson Chain Reference - Kingdom, Similitudes of;   Parables;   Similitudes;   Truth;   The Topic Concordance - Kingdom of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Mustard;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Luke, the Gospel According to;   Parable;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Parables;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Impotence;   Mustard;   Questions and Answers;   Seed (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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?
King James Version
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?
New American Standard Bible
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?
Amplified Bible
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?
Legacy Standard Bible
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?
Contemporary English Version
Jesus said, "What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
Complete Jewish Bible
So he went on to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? With what will we compare it?
Darby Translation
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?
Geneva Bible (1587)
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?
Good News Translation
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?
Literal Translation
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?
Bible in Basic English
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?
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]
Murdock Translation
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?
English Revised Version
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?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
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?
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?
Update Bible Version
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?
New English Translation
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?
New Living Translation
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?
New Revised Standard
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?
Douay-Rheims Bible
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?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
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?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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?
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."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus asked, "What's God's outfit like? How can I explain it to you?

Contextual Overview

18 Jeshu said, What doth the kingdom of Aloha resemble, and to what shall I compare it ? 19 It resembles a grain of mustard, [fn] which a man took (and) cast into his garden: and it grew, and became a great tree; and the fowl of the heaven built in its branches. 20 Jeshu said again, To what shall I compare the kingdom of Aloha ? 21 It is like leaven which a woman took; (and) hid in three satas of meal, until all had leavened. 22 And he journeyed, teaching in the villages and in the cities, and going forwards to Urishlem.

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

1 Timothy 2:8
I wish then for men to pray in every place, uplifting their hands purely and without wrath and without disputations.

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 seedMatthew 13:31.


 
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