Mark 4:32

³⁰ Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

³¹ It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”

³³ With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

³⁴ He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”
ASV: yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.
DARBY: and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow.
BLB: And when it may be sown, it comes up and becomes greater than all the garden plants and makes great branches, so that under its shadow the birds of the sky are able to lodge.”

ÅB: og når det er sådd, vokser det opp og blir større enn alle maturter og skyter store greiner, så at himmelens fugler kan bygge rede under dets skygge.
OTB: Likevel, når det er sådd, vokser det opp og blir større enn alle hageplantene, og skyter store grener, slik at himmelens fugler kan bygge rede i skyggen av det.»
B1930: og når det er sådd, vokser det op og blir større enn alle maturter og skyter store grener, så at himmelens fugler kan bygge rede under dets skygge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Daniel 4:20–22
The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,
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Daniel 4:10–14
In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.
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Ezekiel 31:3–10
Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
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Psalms 80:9–11
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
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Psalms 91:1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
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Isaiah 11:9
They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
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Song of Solomon 2:3
Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
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Isaiah 32:2
Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
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