Luke 13:18
New International Version
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(A)(B)
18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God(C) like?(D) What shall I compare it to?
Luke 13:18
King James Version
18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
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Mark 4:30-34
New International Version
The Parable of the Mustard Seed(A)
30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like,(B) or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.(C) 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(D) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Mark 4:30-34
King James Version
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
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Matthew 13:31-32
New International Version
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(A)(B)
31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(C) a mustard seed,(D) which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”(E)
Matthew 13:31-32
King James Version
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
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Luke 17:21
New International Version
21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’(A) because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”[a]
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- Luke 17:21 Or is within you
Luke 17:21
King James Version
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
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Luke 13:20
New International Version
20 Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?
Luke 13:20
King James Version
20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
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Mark 4:26
New International Version
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(A) A man scatters seed on the ground.
Mark 4:26
King James Version
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
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Matthew 13:24
New International Version
The Parable of the Weeds
24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(A) a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Matthew 13:24
King James Version
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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Luke 7:31
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31 Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
Luke 7:31
King James Version
31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
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Lamentations 2:13
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Lamentations 2:13
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13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
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