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Luke 13:16-21
New International Version
Luke 13:16-21
New International Version
16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham,(A) whom Satan(B) has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”
17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated,(C) but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(D)(E)
18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God(F) like?(G) What shall I compare it to? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree,(H) and the birds perched in its branches.”(I)
20 Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”(J)
Footnotes
- Luke 13:21 Or about 27 kilograms
Luke 13:16-21
King James Version
Luke 13:16-21
King James Version
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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.
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