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Luke 13:20
Study it in the app“And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 13:20, word by word
- againπάλινpalin
again
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appears- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- shall I compareὁμοιώσωhomoiōsō
compare
To say what something is like.
Where else “homoiōsō” appears- the kingdomβασιλείανbasileian
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileian” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
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Luke 13:20-21
20And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened.”
33He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
The context
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.”
20 · This verse (above)
21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened.”
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?