18
Soοὖνhe was saying,Ἔλεγεν“WhatΤίνιisἐστὶνthe kingdomἡ βασιλείαof Godτοῦ θεοῦlike,ὁμοίαandκαὶto whatτίνιshall I compareὁμοιώσωit?αὐτήν
Luke 13:18
Study it in the app“So he was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 13:18, word by word
- he was sayingἜλεγενElegen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “Elegen” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the kingdomβασιλείαbasileia
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileia” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- likeὁμοίαhomoia
like
Like, similar.
Where else “homoia” appears- shall I compareὁμοιώσωhomoiōsō
compare
To say what something is like.
Where else “homoiōsō” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The mustard seed
See them side by side
Luke 13:18-19
18So he was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? 19It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and put in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”
31He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field; 32it is smaller than all the seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”
30And he was saying, “How shall we compare the kingdom of God, or in what parable shall we put it? 31It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds that are on the earth; 32and when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest under its shade.”
The context
17And as he said these things, all his opponents were put to shame, and all the crowd was rejoicing at all the glorious things being done by him.
18 · This verse (above)
19It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and put in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”
To study Luke 13 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath. What does the synagogue leader object to, and how does Jesus answer? (vv. 10-17)
2. What it means
In the parable of the fig tree, what does the vineyard worker ask of the owner, and why? What does that teach about patience? (vv. 6-9)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of the narrow door and of striving to enter (v. 24). What concrete effort is yours to make today?