Parallel Verses

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;

New American Standard Bible

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

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

It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground.

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

It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground, even though it is smaller than all the [other] seeds that are [sown] on the soil,

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.

Julia Smith Translation

As a kernel of mustard, which, when it be sown in the earth, is smaller than all seeds upon 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:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
It is like
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417

a grain
κόκκος 
Kokkos 
Usage: 0

σίναπι 
sinapi 
Usage: 0

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

ὅταν 
Hotan 
when, as soon as, as long as, that, whensoever, while, till
Usage: 49

it is sown
σπείρω 
Speiro 
Usage: 15

in
ἐπί 
Epi 
ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644
Usage: 644

the earth
γῆ 
Ge 
Usage: 186

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

μικρός μικρότερος 
Mikros 
Usage: 15

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

the seeds
σπέρμα 
Sperma 
Usage: 37

that be

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

References

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Mustard Seed

30 And he said, 'To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it? 31 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; 32 and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

Cross References

Genesis 22:17-18

that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which is on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;

Psalm 72:16-19

There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.

Isaiah 2:2-3

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations.

Isaiah 9:7

To the increase of the princely power, And of peace, there is no end, On the throne of David, and on his kingdom, To establish it, and to support it, In judgment and in righteousness, Henceforth, even unto the age, The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this.

Isaiah 49:6-7

And He saith, 'It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'

Isaiah 53:2

Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.

Isaiah 53:12-3

Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.

Isaiah 60:22

The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set it, From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I -- I have planted it on a mountain high and lofty.

Daniel 2:34-35

Thou wast looking till that a stone hath been cut out without hands, and it hath smitten the image on its feet, that are of iron and of clay, and it hath broken them small;

Daniel 2:44-45

And in the days of these kings raise up doth the God of the heavens a kingdom that is not destroyed -- to the age, and its kingdom to another people is not left: it beateth small and endeth all these kingdoms, and it standeth to the age.

Amos 9:11-15

In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.

Micah 4:1-2

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, The mount of the house of Jehovah Is established above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the hills, And flowed unto it have peoples.

Zechariah 2:11

And joined have been many nations unto Jehovah in that day, And they have been to Me for a people, And I have dwelt in thy midst, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts hath sent me unto thee.

Zechariah 8:20-23

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities,

Zechariah 12:8

In that day cover over doth Jehovah the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And the stumbling among them hath been in that day as David, And the house of David as God -- As a messenger of Jehovah -- before them.

Zechariah 14:6-9

And it hath come to pass, in that day, The precious light is not, it is dense darkness,

Malachi 1:11

For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great is My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great is My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

Matthew 13:31-33

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

Luke 13:18-19

And he said, 'To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

Acts 2:41

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

Acts 4:4

and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.

Acts 5:14

(and the more were believers added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women,)

Acts 19:20

so powerfully was the word of God increasing and prevailing.

Acts 21:20

and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, 'Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law,

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh messenger did sound, and there came great voices in the heaven, saying, 'The kingdoms of the world did become those of our Lord and of His Christ, and he shall reign to the ages of the ages!'

Revelation 20:1-6

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,

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