Mark 4:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth; American Standard Version (1901) 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, Common English Bible Consider a mustard seed. When scattered on the ground, it’s the smallest of all the seeds on the earth; Catholic Public Domain Version It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it has been sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds which are in the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth: |
Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out himself to death and was numbered with the transgressors, yet he bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
For he grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
The least of them shall become a clan and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.
Great will be his authority, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
On that day the Lord will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, at their head.
Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day and shall be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name and a pure offering, for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.
He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it?
yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.
When they heard it, they praised God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all zealous for the law.
But many of those who heard the word believed, and they numbered about five thousand.
Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great numbers of both men and women,
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever.”