The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Luke 13:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
- KJV
- ¶ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
- WEB
- He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?
- ASV
- He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
- LSV
- And He said, “To what is the Kingdom of God like? And to what will I liken it?
- YLT
- And he said, 'To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
- DBY
- And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?Elohim
- DRC
- He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
- GNV
- Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? or whereto shall I compare it?
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὖν (“then”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δέ (“now”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: οὖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὖν; Robinson–Pierpont read δέ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Ἔλεγεν οὖν· Τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώσω αὐτήν;
- RP2018
- Ἔλεγεν δέ, Τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ; Καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώσω αὐτήν;
- TR-Boyd
- Ἔλεγε δέ, Τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ; Καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώσω αὐτήν;
- SCR1894
- ελεγεν δε τινι ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια του θεου και τινι ομοιωσω αυτην
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Cross-references most cited first
- Mark 4:30–34Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth. But after it is planted, it grows to…
- 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.”
- Matthew 13:31–32He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a…
- Mark 4:26Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
- Luke 13:20Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?
- Matthew 13:24Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
- Luke 7:31“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?
- 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?
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