Then Jesus said, “What is God’s kingdom like? What can I compare it with?
What can I say about you, Jerusalem? What can I compare you to? What can I say you are like? How can I comfort you, Jerusalem? Your ruin is as deep as the sea. No one can heal you.
Then Jesus told them another story: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who planted good seed in his field.
Then Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who plants seed in the ground.
Jesus said again, “What can I compare God’s kingdom with?
People will not say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ because God’s kingdom is within you.”
Then Jesus said, “What shall I say about the people of this time? What are they like?