Luke 13:18
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
KJV
Ἔλεγεν οὖν· τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώσω αὐτήν;
Greek NT
Dicebat ergo : Cui simile est regnum Dei, et cui simile æstimabo illud ?
Vulgate
He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
ASV
He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁμοιόω
omoioo
verb · 15×
ὅμοιος
omoios
adjective · 45×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: οὖν | WH/Treg/NIV: οὖν | RP: δέ
- οὖν — SBLGNT
- οὖν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- δέ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Luke 13:20 — And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
- Luke 17:21 — Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
- Mark 4:26 — And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
- Mark 4:30 — And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
- Mark 4:30 — And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
- Mark 4:31 — 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:
- Matt 11:16 — But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
- Matt 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- Matt 13:31 — 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:
- Matt 13:31 — 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: