Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
As a kernel of mustard, which, when it be sown in the earth, is smaller than all seeds upon the earth:
New American Standard Bible
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:
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it's the smallest of all the seeds on earth,
A Conservative Version
It is like a grain of the mustard plant, which, when it is sown in the ground, is smaller than all the seeds upon the ground.
American Standard Version
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,
Amplified
An Understandable Version
It is similar to a seed from the mustard tree which, when planted in the ground,
Anderson New Testament
It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown in the ground, is less than all seeds that are in the ground;
Bible in Basic English
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,
Common New Testament
It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is the smallest of all seeds in the earth;
Daniel Mace New Testament
it is like a grain of mustard-seed, which when sown in the earth, is less than any other grain that is sown there.
Darby Translation
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,
Godbey New Testament
Tis like a grain of mustard seed, which when it may be sown upon the earth, is the smallest of all seeds which are upon the earth,
Goodspeed New Testament
It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown in the ground, though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the world,
John Wesley New Testament
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which when it is sown in the earth, is one of the least of the seeds that are in the earth.
King James 2000
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:
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] like a mustard seed that when sown on the ground, [although it] is the smallest of all the seeds that [are] on the ground,
Modern King James verseion
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which when it is sown in the earth, is the least of all seeds that be in the earth:
Moffatt New Testament
It is like a grain of mustard-seed ??less than any seed on earth when it is sown on earth;
Montgomery New Testament
It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the soil, is the smallest seed in the world;
NET Bible
It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground --
New Heart English Bible
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,
Noyes New Testament
It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth;
Sawyer New Testament
It is like a mustard seed, which when sown in the earth is the least of all seeds on the earth;
The Emphasized Bible
As a grain of mustard seed, - which, whensoever it may be sown upon the earth, is less than all the seeds that are upon the earth;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
It is like a grain of mustard, which when it is sown in the earth, is among the least of all the seeds which are upon the earth:
Twentieth Century New Testament
By what can we illustrate it? Perhaps by the growth of a mustard-seed. This seed, when sown in the ground, though it is smaller than all other seeds,
Webster
It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.
Weymouth New Testament
It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;
Williams New Testament
It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all seeds,
World English Bible
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,
Worrell New Testament
It is like to a grain of mustard, which when it is sown upon the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
Worsley New Testament
It is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which when it is sown in the ground, is one of the lest of all the seeds on the earth:
Youngs Literal Translation
As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;
Themes
Church » Progress of » Growth of Christ's kingdom prophesied
Church » Growth of accessions to » Growth of Christ's kingdom prophesied
Gospel » Compared to » A mustard seed
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The mustard seed
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the tares and other teachings (in galilee)
Kingdom » Growth of prophesied
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 4:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Mustard Seed
30 And he said, To what should we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable should we hold it forth? 31 As a kernel of mustard, which, when it be sown in the earth, is smaller than all seeds upon the earth: 32 And when it be sown, it comes up and is greater than all vegetables, and makes great young shoots; so that the flying things of heaven can encamp under its shadow.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 22:17-18
That praising, I will praise thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand upon the lip of the sea; and thy seed shall inherit the gate of his enemies.
Psalm 72:16-19
There shall be diffusion of grain in the earth upon the head of the mountains; its fruit shall shake as Lebanon, and they shall blossom from the city as the grass of the earth.
Isaiah 2:2-3
And it was in the last days, the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and lifted up above the hills; and all nations flowed to it
Isaiah 9:7
To the increase of his dominion and to peace no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to prepare it and to support it in judgment and in justice from now and even to forever: the zeal of Jehovah of armies will do this.
Isaiah 49:6-7
And he will say, It was light thou being to me a servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to turn back the preserved of Israel: and I gave thee for a light of the nations to be my salvation even to the extremity of the earth.
Isaiah 53:2
He shall come up as a sucking child before him, and as a root out of a land of dryness: no form to him and no decoration; and we shall see him, and no appearance and we shall desire him.
Isaiah 53:12-3
For this I will divide to him with many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; for which his soul was poured out to death, and he was numbered with transgressors; and he lifted up the sin of many, and he will supplicate for transgressors.
Isaiah 60:22
The little one shall be for a thousand, and the small for a strong nation: I Jehovah will hasten it in its time.
Ezekiel 17:22-24
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I took from the foliage of the cedar, and I gave from the head; I will pluck its suckers a tender one, and I planted upon a mountain of height and heaped up.
Daniel 2:34-35
Thou wert seeing even till a stone was cut out not with hands, and striking against the image upon the feet of iron and burnt clay, and breaking them in pieces.
Daniel 2:44-45
And in their days that they are kings, the God of the heavens shall set up a kingdom that shall not be destroyed forever: and its kingdom shall be left to another people; it shall beat small and destroy all these kingdoms, and this shall stand forever.
Amos 9:11-15
In that day I will raise up the tent of David having fallen, and I walled in their breaches, and I will raise up its destructions, and I built it as the days of old:
Micah 4:1-2
And it was in the last of the days the mountain of the house of Jehovah will be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and it was lifted up above the hills, and peoples flowed to it.
Zechariah 2:11
And many nations joined themselves to Jehovah in that day, and they were to me for a people: and I dwelt in the midst of thee, and thou knewest that Jehovah of armies sent me to thee.
Zechariah 8:20-23
Thus said Jehovah of armies: Yet that peoples shall come, and the inhabitants of many cities:
Zechariah 12:8
In that day Jehovah shall protect about the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he being weak among them in that day was as David; and the house of David as God, as the messenger of Jehovah before them.
Zechariah 14:6-9
And it was in that day the light shall not be; the splendors shall be drawn in:
Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun and even to its going down, great my name among the nations; and in every place incense being brought to my name, and a clean gift: for great my name among the nations, said Jehovah of armies.
Matthew 13:31-33
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a kernel of mustard, which a man taking, sowed in his field:
Luke 13:18-19
And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
Acts 2:41
Then truly they having gladly received his word were immersed: and in that day were added about three thousand souls.
Acts 4:4
And many of them having heard the word, believed; and the number of men was about five thousand.
Acts 5:14
And the believing were the more added to the Lord, multitudes of men and also of women.)
Acts 19:20
Thus with might the word of the Lord increased, and was strong.
Acts 21:20
And they having heard, honoured the Lord, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many ten thousands of Jews there are having believed: and all are zealous of the law:
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet; and great voices were in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world were our Lord's, and his Christ's; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 20:1-6
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.