Luke 13:19
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
20Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A locked up garden is my sister, my bride;a locked up spring,a sealed fountain.
Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved has gone down to his garden,to the beds of spices,to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Isaiah 2:2It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains,and shall be raised above the hills;and all nations shall flow to it.
Isaiah 49:20The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message?To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Isaiah 58:11and the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Matthew Henry on Luke 13:19-23
The Widow of Nain. 18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and… Read the whole commentary →