Verse 18
Luke 13:18
GOD'S WORD Translation
18
He said,
“What is God (Elohim)’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?
Original Language Text
greek
Ἔλεγεν ⸀οὖν· Τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώσω αὐτήν;
English Translation
He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 13 Context
1
Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate ha...
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Yashua (Jesus) answered them,
“Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the oth...
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I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
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Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were w...
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I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
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6
He spoke this parable.
“A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fr...
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7
He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig t...
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8
He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.
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9
If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
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10
He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
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11
Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and c...
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12
When Yashua (Jesus) saw her, he called her, and said to her,
“Woman, you are freed from your infirmi...
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13
He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God (Elohim).
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14
The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Yashua (Jesus) had healed on the Sabbath, said t...
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15
Therefore the Lord answered him,
“You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey...
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16
Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be fre...
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17
As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for a...
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18
He said,
“What is God (Elohim)’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?
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It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and becam...
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20
Again he said,
“To what shall I compare God (Elohim)’s Kingdom?
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21
It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures
of flour, until it was all leavened...
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22
He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
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23
One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?”
He said to them,
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24
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not b...
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25
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outsi...
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26
Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
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27
He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniq...
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28
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophe...
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29
They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God (Elohim)’s Kingdom....
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30
Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be...
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31
On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants...
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32
He said to them,
“Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomor...
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33
Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophe...
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34
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I w...
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35
Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, ‘Blesse...
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