English Standard Version
Luke 13:19
19It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches."
Luke 13:19 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)It is like a tiny mustard seed that a man planted in a garden; it grows and becomes a tree, and the birds make nests in its branches.”
Context of Luke 13:19
17As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him. 18He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." 20And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened."
Read all of Luke 13Luke 13:19 word by word
ὁμοία ἐστὶν κόκκῳ σινάπεως ὃν λαβὼν ἄνθρωπος ἔβαλεν εἰς κῆπον ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ηὔξησεν καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς δένδρον καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- It isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- likeὅμοιοςhomoios · likeG3664
- a grainκόκκοςkokkos · seedG2848
- of mustard seedσίναπιsinapi · mustardG4615
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
- and castβάλλωballō · to throw: sowG906
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- hisἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- gardenκῆποςkēpos · gardenG2779
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- it grewαὐξάνωauxanō · to growG837
- waxedγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- a greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
- treeδένδρονdendron · treeG1186
- the fowlsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the fowlsπετεινόςpeteinon · birdG4071
- of the airοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- lodgedκατασκηνόωkataskēnoō · to dwellG2681
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the branchesκλάδοςklados · branchG2798
- of itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
Cross-references for Luke 13:19
- Matthew 13:31He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
- Matthew 17:20He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."
- Mark 4:31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,
- Isaiah 58:11And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
- Isaiah 61:11For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.
- Jeremiah 31:12They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall languish no more.
- Psalms 72:16May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field!
- Isaiah 2:2It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,
- Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
- Isaiah 49:20The children of your bereavement will yet say in your ears: 'The place is too narrow for me; make room for me to dwell in.'
- Isaiah 51:2Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.
- Isaiah 53:1Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
- Isaiah 54:1"Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
- Isaiah 60:15Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age.
- Ezekiel 17:22Thus says the Lord God: "I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
- Ezekiel 47:1Then he brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar.
Commentaries on Luke 13:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-21Verses 18-21 See these parables explained in the notes at Matthew 13:31-32.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-22Verses 18-22 Here is the progress of the gospel foretold in two parables, as in Mt 13. The kingdom of the Messiah is the kingdom of God. May grace grow in our hearts; may our faith and love grow exceedingly, so as to give undoubted evidence of their reality. May the example of God's saints be blessed to those among whom they live; and may his grace flow from heart to heart, until the little one becomes a thousand.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19the birds of the air nested in its branches: The birds represent people who see the kingdom as a safe and secure place.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-3018-21. mustard seed ... leaven--(See on Mr 4:30-32). The parable of "the Leaven" sets forth, perhaps, rather the inward growth of the kingdom, while "the Mustard Seed" seems to point chiefly to the outward. It being a woman's work to knead, it seems a refinement to say that "the woman" here represents the Church, as the instrument of depositing the leaven. Nor does it yield much satisfaction to understand the "three measures of meal" of that threefold…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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