Mark 4:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁰ And He continued to speak, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? Or, what parable will [best] illustrate it?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ And He said, With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it?

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?

Common English Bible

³⁰ He continued, “What’s a good image for God’s kingdom? What parable can I use to explain it?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ And he said: "To what should we compare the kingdom of God? Or to what parable should we compare it?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁰ And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?

Mark 4:30 Cross References

Matthew 11:16

“But what should I compare the people of this generation with? They are like children sitting in the open shopping market, who call out to their playmates,

Matthew 13:24

[Then] Jesus told them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is similar to a person who sowed seed in his field,

Mark 4:31

It is similar to a seed from the mustard tree which, when planted in the ground,