Mark 4:30

And he said: “To what should we compare the kingdom of God? Or to what parable should we compare it?

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In The King James Version

And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

In Context

29And when the fruit has been produced, immediately he sends out the sickle, because the harvest has arrived.”

31It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it has been sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds which are in the earth.

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Cross References

Lamentations 2:13MEM. To what shall I compare you, or to what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I equate you, so as to console you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your destruction is as great as the sea. Who will cure you?

Matthew 13:24He proposed another parable to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Luke 13:18And so he said: “To what is the kingdom of God similar, and to what figure shall I compare it?

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:22-35

The Gradual Advance of the Gospel. 21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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