Luke 13:20
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
KJV
Καὶ πάλιν εἶπεν· τίνι ὁμοιώσω τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ;
Greek NT
Et iterum dixit : Cui simile æstimabo regnum Dei ?
Vulgate
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
ASV
And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁμοιόω
omoioo
verb · 15×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: Καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: Καὶ
- Καὶ — SBLGNT
- Καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Parable
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2660Prayer in the events of each day and each moment is one of the secrets of the kingdom revealed to "little children," to the servants of Christ, to the poor of the Beatitudes. It is right and good to pray so that the coming of the kingdom of justice and peace may influence the march of history, but it is just as important to bring the help of prayer into humble, everyday situati…
Cross-references
- Luke 13:18 — Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
- 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: