Luke 13:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

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  • Luke 13:20 : 20 And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?
  • Luke 17:21 : 21 And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.
  • Lam 2:13 : 13 What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
  • Matt 13:31-32 : 31 He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field: 32 Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.
  • Mark 4:26 : 26 And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
  • Mark 4:30-34 : 30 And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth, 32 But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade. 33 And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it: 34 And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
  • Luke 7:31 : 31 What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?

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  • Luke 13:19-21
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    19It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

    20And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

    21It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.

  • Mark 4:30-33
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    83%

    30And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

    31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

    32But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

    33And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

  • Matt 13:31-34
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    31He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

    32Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

    33Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

    34All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

    19When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

  • Mark 4:26
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    26And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

  • Luke 8:9-11
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    9And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

    10And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

    11Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

    4And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

  • Matt 13:24
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    24And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

  • Luke 19:11-12
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    11And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

    12So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

  • Matt 13:36-38
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    36Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

    37And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

    38And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

  • Mark 4:13
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    13And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

  • Luke 7:31
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    31What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

  • Luke 8:4-5
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    4And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

    5A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

  • Luke 13:6
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    6And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

  • Luke 20:9
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    9And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

  • Luke 17:20-21
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    72%

    20And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

    21And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

  • Matt 13:44
    71%

    44The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

  • Matt 18:1
    71%

    1In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

  • Matt 13:10
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    10And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

  • Matt 22:1
    71%

    1And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

  • Matt 18:23
    71%

    23For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;

  • Mark 12:1
    70%

    1And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

  • Matt 11:16
    70%

    16But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

  • Matt 13:27-28
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    27And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

    28And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

  • Luke 17:6
    70%

    6And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

  • Luke 15:3
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    3And he made a story for them, saying,

  • Matt 13:47
    70%

    47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

  • Mark 4:3
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    3A man went out to put seed in the earth:

  • Mark 4:21
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    21And he said to them, When the light comes in, do people put it under a vessel, or under the bed, and not on its table?

  • Luke 14:16
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    16And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.