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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 13:19 in context
Luke 13:16–22
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Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
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As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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He said, “What is God’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 became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
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Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?
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It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
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He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
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