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Mark 4:31

The kingdom of GodFaith

29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

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:

32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

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BSB
It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
KJV
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:
WEB
It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
ASV
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
DARBY
As to a grain of mustard [seed], which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,
BLB
[It is] like a grain of mustard, which, when it may be sown upon the earth, is smallest of all the seeds that [are] upon the earth.
ÅB
Det er slik som sennepskornet, som er mindre enn alt annet frø på jorden når det såes i jorden;
OTB
Det er som et sennepsfrø, som, når det blir sådd i jorden, er det minste av alle frø på jorden.
B1930
Det er likesom sennepskornet, som er mindre enn alt annet frø på jorden når det såes i jorden;

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Cross references

  • Acts 19:20

    So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

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  • Genesis 22:17–18

    That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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  • Luke 13:18–19

    Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

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  • Daniel 2:44–45

    And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

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  • Malachi 1:11

    For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

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  • Isaiah 53:2

    For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

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  • Psalms 72:16–19

    There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

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  • Acts 4:4

    Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

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