Mark 4:31

The Malchut Hashem is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the soil, is smaller [than] all the seeds on the earth:

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

30And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying, To what should we compare the Malchut Hashem or by what mashal (parable) may we present it?

32But when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater [than] all the plants of the garden and puts forth large branches, so that the OPH HASHOMAYIM can nest under its shade.

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Cross References

Psalms 72:16There shall be an abundance of grain on ha'aretz 1 upon the top of the harim (mountains); 1 the fruit thereof shall shake + 72:16 in the trees like in Levanon; 1 and they of the city shall flourish like esev ha'aretz. 1

Isaiah 9:7Adonoi sent davar against Ya'akov, 1 and it hath fallen upon Yisroel. 1

Isaiah 53:2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 1 and as a Shoresh (Root, Shoresh Yishai, Moshiach Ben Dovid) + 53:2 Isa 11:1,10 , Sanhedrin93b out of a dry ground; 1 he hath no form nor comeliness; 1 and when we shall see him, 1 there is no beauty that we should desire + 53:2 Hag 2:7 him. 1

Isaiah 60:22The katon shall become an elef, 1 and the smallest a mighty nation; 1 I Hashem will hasten it in its time.

Daniel 2:34Thou sawest till that an even (stone) + 2:34 Moshiach; see Ps 118:22; Isa 53:3; Ps 2:9 was cut out without hands, which struck the tzelem upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

Amos 9:11In that Yom will I raise up 1 the Sukkat Dovid that is fallen, 1 and close up the breaches thereof; 1 and I will raise up his ruins, 1 and I will build it as in the yamei olam; 1

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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