Luke 13:19

17 When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

20 Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

21 It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
KJV
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.
WEB
It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
ASV
It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.
DARBY
It is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.
BLB
It is like a grain of mustard that a man, having taken, cast into his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.”
ÅB
Det er likt et sennepskorn som en mann tok og la i sin have; og det vokste og ble til et tre, og himmelens fugler bygget rede i dets greiner.
OTB
Det ligner et sennepsfrø, som en mann tok og plantet i hagen sin. Det vokste og ble et tre, og himmelens fugler bygde rede i grenene."
B1930
Det er likt et sennepskorn som en mann tok og la i sin have; og det vokste og blev til et tre, og himmelens fugler bygget rede i dets grener.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Daniel 4:12

    Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.

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  • Daniel 2:44–45

    In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

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  • Ezekiel 17:22–24

    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

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  • Daniel 4:21

    whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—

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  • Mark 4:31–32

    It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

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  • Matthew 13:31–32

    He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.

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  • Zechariah 2:11

    “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.

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  • Acts 4:4

    But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

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