Luke 13:19

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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• 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.”

Context of Luke 13:19

17As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him. 18So He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.” 20And again He said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

Luke 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

• It is likeὅμοιοςhomoios · likeG3664
• a mustardσίναπιsinapi · mustardG4615
• seedκόκκοςkokkos · seedG2848
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• and threwβάλλωballō · to throw: sowG906
• into his ownἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• gardenκῆποςkēpos · gardenG2779
• and it grewαὐξάνωauxanō · to growG837
• and becameγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• a treeδένδρονdendron · treeG1186
• the birdsπετεινόςpeteinon · birdG4071
• airοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• nestedκατασκηνόωkataskēnoō · to dwellG2681
• in its branchesκλάδοςklados · branchG2798

Cross-references for Luke 13:19

• Matthew 13:31He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;
• Matthew 17:20And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
• Mark 4:31It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,
• Isaiah 58:11And the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And 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 the things sown in it to spring up, So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise To spring up before all the nations.
• Jeremiah 31:12“They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion, And they will be radiant over the bounty of the Lord-- Over the grain and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the flock and the herd; And their life will be like a watered garden, And they will never languish again.
• Psalms 72:16May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon; And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth.
• Isaiah 2:2Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the Lord Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.
• Isaiah 9:7There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
• Isaiah 49:20The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.’
• Isaiah 51:2Look to Abraham your father And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; When he was but one I called him, Then I blessed him and multiplied him.”
• Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.
• Isaiah 60:15“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, A joy from generation to generation.
• Ezekiel 17:22Thus says the Lord God, “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
• Ezekiel 47:1Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from 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

Topics related to Luke 13:19

• Gospel
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Mustard
• Nay
• Repent
• Birds
• Branch ;bough
• Fowl
• Garden
• Jesus Christ
• Lodge

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