Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
New American Standard Bible
So
King James Version
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Holman Bible
He said, therefore,
International Standard Version
So Jesus went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?
A Conservative Version
And he said, What is the kingdom of God like, and to what will I compare it?
Amplified
So this led Him to say,
An Understandable Version
Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? And what shall I compare it to?
Anderson New Testament
Then he said: To what is the kingdom of God like; and to what 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?
Common New Testament
Then he said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
Daniel Mace New Testament
Then he said, what does the kingdom of God resemble? to what shall I compare it?
Darby Translation
And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Godbey New Testament
Then He said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Goodspeed New Testament
He said, therefore, "What is the Kingdom of God like, and to what can I compare it?
John Wesley New Testament
Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I resemble it?
Julia Smith Translation
And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
King James 2000
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore he said, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
Modern King James verseion
And He said, What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said he, "What is the kingdom of God like? Or whereto shall I compare it?
Moffatt New Testament
So he said, "What is the Reign of God like? to what shall I compare it?
Montgomery New Testament
This led him to say. "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
NET Bible
Thus Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?
New Heart English Bible
He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
Noyes New Testament
He said therefore, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
Sawyer New Testament
And he said, What is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
The Emphasized Bible
He went on to say, therefore - Whereunto, is the kingdom of God, like? And, whereunto, shall I liken it?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I compare it?
Twentieth Century New Testament
So Jesus said: "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what can I liken it?
Webster
Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I resemble it?
Weymouth New Testament
This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
Williams New Testament
So He went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what may I compare it?
World English Bible
He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
Worrell New Testament
And He said, "To what is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Worsley New Testament
Then said He, To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
Youngs Literal Translation
And he said, 'To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Themes
Gospel » Compared to » A mustard seed
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The mustard seed
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a granule of mustard seed
Similitudes » The church compared to » Of the kingdom of heaven
Interlinear
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References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 13:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Mustard Seed
17 And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. 18 He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it? 19 It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.
Cross References
Luke 13:20
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
Lamentations 2:13
What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
Matthew 13:24
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:
Matthew 13:31-32
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
Mark 4:26
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;
Mark 4:30-34
And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?
Luke 7:31
Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
Luke 17:21
neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.