18Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
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And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? …
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
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: …
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-22)Here is, I. The gospel’s progress foretold in two parables, which we had before, Matt. 13:31-33. The kingdom of the Messiah is the kingdom of God , for it advances his glory; this kingdom was yet a mystery, and people were generally in the dark, and under mistakes, about it. Now, when we would describe a thing to those that are strangers to it, we choose to do it by similitudes. “Such a person you…
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