Mark 4:30
What can we compare God's kingdom to? What illustration shall we use?” he asked.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
In Context
29When the grain is ripe, the farmer reaps it with a sickle, because the harvest is ready.
31“It's like a mustard seed, the tiniest seed of all.
Cross References
Lamentations 2:13What can I tell you? What shall I compare you to, Daughter of Jerusalem? What can I say you're like in order to comfort you, virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound gapes as wide as the sea—who could ever heal you?
Matthew 13:24Then he told them another illustrated story: “The kingdom of heaven is like a farmer who sowed good seeds in his field.
Luke 13:18Then Jesus asked, “So what is the kingdom of God like? What should I compare it to?
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 →