Matthew 13:32 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³² which indeed is smaller [than] all the seeds; but whenever it is grown, it is greater [than] the garden vegetables and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² Of all the seeds it is the smallest, but when it has grown it is the largest of the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and find shelter in its branches.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Common English Bible

³² It’s the smallest of all seeds. But when it’s grown, it’s the largest of all vegetable plants. It becomes a tree so that the birds in the sky come and nest in its branches.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² It is, indeed, the least of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than all the plants, and it becomes a tree, so much so that the birds of the air come and dwell in its branches."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof.

Matthew 13:32 Cross References

Mark 4:30

Then He said, "To what shall we compare the kingdom of God? Or by what sort of parable shall we illustrate it?

Mark 4:32

but whenever it is sown, it comes up and becomes greater than all the garden vegetables, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to nest under its shade."

Luke 13:18

Then He said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

Acts 1:15

And in those days Peter, rising up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), said,

Acts 21:20

And hearing this, they were glorifying the Lord, saying to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel sounded [his] trumpet, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of this world has become [the kingdom] of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"