Mark 4:31

It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.

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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

30Again he said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?

32Yet, when it is sown, it grows and becomes greater than all the garden plants, and it forms large branches, so that the birds of heaven can make their nests in its shade.”

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Cross References

Psalms 72:16May there be abundance of grain in the land; 1 on the mountaintops may their crops wave. 1 May the fruit of it be like Lebanon; 1 may the people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field. 1

Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, 1 as he rules on the throne of David, and over his kingdom, 1 to establish it and sustain it 1 with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and for evermore. 1 The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this. 1

Isaiah 53:2For he grew up before Yahweh like a sapling, and like a sprout out of parched earth; 1 he had no remarkable appearance or splendor; when we saw him, there was no beauty to attract us. 1

Isaiah 60:22The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; 1 I, Yahweh, will swiftly accomplish these things when the time comes.

Daniel 2:34You looked up, and a stone was cut out, although not by human hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and it shattered them.

Amos 9:11In that day I will raise up the tent of David that has fallen, 1 and close up its breaches. 1 I will raise up its ruins, 1 and rebuild it as in the days of old, 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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