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Source language
Original Greek   
Ἔλεγεν ⸀οὖν· Τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώσω αὐτήν;
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Elegen roun* Tini omoia estin e basileia tou theou, kai tini omoioso auten;

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
dicebat ergo cui simile est regnum Dei et cui simile esse existimabo illud

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
New King James Version   
Then He said, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
21st Century King James Version   
Then said He, “Unto what is the Kingdom of God like? And unto what shall I compare it?

Other translations
American Standard Version   
He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
But Yeshua said, “What is the Kingdom of God like and to what shall I compare it?”
Darby Bible Translation   
And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
God's Word   
Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
He said, therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?
International Standard Version   
So Jesus went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?
NET Bible   
Thus Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?
New American Standard Bible   
So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
New International Version   
Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?
New Living Translation   
Then Jesus said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? How can I illustrate it?
Webster's Bible Translation   
Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I resemble it?
Weymouth New Testament   
This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
The World English Bible   
He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then Jesus said to them, ‘I will tell you a story about the kingdom of God and what it is like.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
New Life Version   
Then Jesus asked, “What is the holy nation of God like? What can I use to show you?
Revised Geneva Translation   
Then He said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? Or, to what shall I compare it?
The Voice Bible   
Jesus (explaining): Do you want to understand the kingdom of God? Do you want Me to tell you what it’s like?
Living Bible   
Now he began teaching them again about the Kingdom of God: “What is the Kingdom like?” he asked. “How can I illustrate it?
New Catholic Bible   
He went on to say, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
Legacy Standard Bible   
Therefore, He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and unto what shall I compare it?
Christian Standard Bible   
He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
This led Him to say, What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
New Century Version   
Then Jesus said, “What is God’s kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
The Message   
Then he said, “How can I picture God’s kingdom for you? What kind of story can I use? It’s like an acorn that a man plants in his front yard. It grows into a huge oak tree with thick branches, and eagles build nests in it.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what will I compare it?
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Then he said, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?
New Matthew Bible   
Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? or to what shall I compare it?
Good News Translation®   
Jesus asked, “What is the Kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with?
Wycliffe Bible   
Therefore he said, To what thing is the kingdom of God like? and to what thing shall I guess it to be like?
New Testament for Everyone   
So Jesus said, “What is God’s kingdom like? What shall we compare it with?
Contemporary English Version   
Jesus said, “What is God's kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then he went on, “What is the kingdom of God like? What illustration can I use to make it plain to you? It is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took and dropped in his own garden. It grew and became a tree and the birds came and nested in its branches.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
He said therefore, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?
Common English Bible © 2011   
Jesus asked, “What is God’s kingdom like? To what can I compare it?
Amplified Bible © 2015   
So this led Him to say, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
English Standard Version Anglicised   
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Then he said, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
New American Standard Bible   
So He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
The Expanded Bible   
Then Jesus said, “What is God’s kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
Tree of Life Version   
So Yeshua was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
Revised Standard Version   
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
New International Reader's Version   
Then Jesus asked, “What is God’s kingdom like? What can I compare it to?
BRG Bible   
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Complete Jewish Bible   
So he went on to say, “What is the Kingdom of God like? With what will we compare it?
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
He went on to say, `What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I say it is like?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
He said therefore, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying, What is the Malchut Hashem like? And to what shall I make a tzushtel (comparison) of it?
Names of God Bible   
Yeshua asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?
Modern English Version   
Then He said, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then Jesus said, “What is God’s kingdom like? What can I compare it to?
International Children’s Bible   
Then Jesus said, “What is God’s kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
Lexham English Bible   
Therefore he said, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
New International Version - UK   
Then Jesus asked, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Therefore, He was saying, “To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I liken it?