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18Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

Luke 13:18

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • 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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