Mark 4:31

God's family is like a really little seed. You know, like that mustard seed. It is the smallest seed, but when someone plants it in the ground, it grows and grows until it is the biggest tree in your garden. It is so big, birds sit in its shade and they make their nests in it.”

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In The King James Version

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

In Context

30Then Jesus said, “I have been thinking about another story to help you understand how God's family is growing.

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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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