Luke 13:18

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."

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]

Etheridge Translation
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?

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?

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus asked, "What's God's outfit like? How can I explain it to you?

Contextual Overview

¹⁸Then 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." ²⁰He 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." ²² He went on teaching from town to village, village to town, but keeping on a steady course toward Jerusalem.

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
Noah built an altar to God . He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, "I'll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early age, but I'll never again kill off everything living as I've just done.

Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left."

Genesis 14:13
A fugitive came and reported to Abram the Hebrew. Abram was living at the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and Aner. They were allies of Abram. When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken prisoner, he lined up his servants, all of them born in his household—there were 318 of them—and chased after the captors all the way to Dan. Abram and his men split into small groups and attacked by night. They chased them as far as Hobah, just north of Damascus. They recovered all the plunder along with nephew Lot and his possessions, including the women and the people.

Genesis 18:1
God appeared to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. It was the hottest part of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing. He ran from his tent to greet them and bowed before them.

Genesis 35:27
Finally, Jacob made it back home to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. Isaac was now 180 years old. Isaac breathed his last and died—an old man full of years. He was buried with his family by his sons Esau and Jacob.

Genesis 37:14
He said, "Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing and bring me back a report." He sent him off from the valley of Hebron to Shechem.

Joshua 14:13
Joshua blessed him. He gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite still today, because he gave himself totally to God , the God of Israel.

1 Timothy 2:8
Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it.

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.