Mark 4:32
Yet, 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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In Context
31It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
33With many parables like this he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand,
Cross References
Psalms 80:9You cleared the land for it; 1 it took root and filled the land. 1
Proverbs 4:18But the path of righteous people is like the first light that grows brighter; 1 it shines more and more until the fullness of the day comes. 1
Isaiah 11:9They will not hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain; 1 for the earth will be full of knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
Lamentations 4:20The breath in our nostrils—Yahweh's anointed one—he was the one who was captured in their pits; 1 of whom it was said, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.” 1
Daniel 4:10These were the sights that I saw in my mind as I lay upon my bed: I looked, and there was a tree in the middle of the earth, and its height was very great.
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 →