Luke 13:20

King James Version

And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Again he said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God

King James Version (1611)
And againe hee said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdome of God?

English Standard Version
And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

New American Standard Bible
And again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

New Century Version
Jesus said again, "What can I compare God's kingdom with?

Amplified Bible
And again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

Legacy Standard Bible
And again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

Berean Standard Bible
Again He asked, "To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus said, "What can I compare God's kingdom with?

Complete Jewish Bible
Again he said, "With what will I compare the Kingdom of God?

Darby Translation
And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said again, "What can I compare God's kingdom with?

Geneva Bible (1587)
And againe he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdome of God?

George Lamsa Translation
Again Jesus said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Good News Translation
Again Jesus asked, "What shall I compare the Kingdom of God with?

Lexham English Bible
And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

Literal Translation
And again He said, To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

American Standard Version
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Bible in Basic English
And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

Hebrew Names Version
Again he said, "What shall I compare to the kingdom of God?

International Standard Version
Again he said, "What can I compare the kingdom of God to?

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu said again, To what shall I compare the kingdom of Aloha ?

Murdock Translation
Jesus said again: With what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And agayne he sayde: Whervnto shall I lyken the kyngdome of God?

English Revised Version
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

World English Bible
Again he said, "What shall I compare to the kingdom of God?

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Again he said, Whereto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Weymouth's New Testament
And again He said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eft soone he seide, To what thing schal Y gesse the kyngdom of God lijk?

Update Bible Version
And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Webster's Bible Translation
And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

New English Translation
Again he said, "To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

New King James Version
Matthew 13:33">[xr] And again He said, "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

New Living Translation
He also asked, "What else is the Kingdom of God like?

New Life Bible
Again Jesus said, "What can I use to show you what the holy nation of God is like?

New Revised Standard
And again he said, "To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, again, he said - Whereunto, shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?

Revised Standard Version
And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And agayne he sayde: wher vnto shall I lyken ye kyngdome of god?

Young's Literal Translation
And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And agayne he sayde: Where vnto shal I licken the kyngdome of God?

Mace New Testament (1729)
again he said, to what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

THE MESSAGE
He tried again. "How can I picture God's kingdom? It's like yeast that a woman works into enough dough for three loaves of bread—and waits while the dough rises."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Again he asked, "What is God's outfit really like?

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? ¹⁹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. ²⁰ And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? ²¹ It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. ²² And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Matthew 13:24 - The kingdom Mark 4:30 - General Luke 13:18 - Unto

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And again he said,.... That is, Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; besides the parable of the grain of mustard seed, that also of the leaven hid in three measures of meal:

whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God; either the Gospel of the kingdom, and the mysteries of it; or the church, which is Christ's kingdom; or the grace of God in the heart, which makes meet for the kingdom of glory; the first seems rather to be intended;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See these parables explained in the notes at Matthew 13:31-32.