Luke 13:18 Cross References - YLT

¹⁸ And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

¹³ What do I testify to thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea is thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?

²⁴ Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

³¹ Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field, ³² which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

²⁶ And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

³⁰ And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it? ³¹ As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth; ³² and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.' ³³ And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear, ³⁴ and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

³¹ And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

²⁰ And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

²¹ nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'