Catholic Public Domain Version
"And so he said: “To what is the kingdom of God similar, and to what figure shall I compare it? "
— Luke 13:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?”
“He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it? ”
“He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?”
“On the Kingdom of God Thus Jesus asked,“What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?”
“He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?”
“Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?”
“Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?”
Then the Lord said to him in response: “You hypocrites! Does not each one of you, on the Sabbath, release his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it to water?
So then, should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for lo these eighteen years, be released from this restraint on the day of the Sabbath?”
And as he was saying these things, all his adversaries were ashamed. And all the people rejoiced in everything that was being done gloriously by him.
And so he said: “To what is the kingdom of God similar, and to what figure shall I compare it?
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden. And it grew, and it became a great tree, and the birds of the air rested in its branches.”
And again, he said: “To what figure shall I compare the kingdom of God?
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of fine wheat flour, until it was entirely leavened.”