Mark 4:32

A Conservative Version

Yet when it is sown, it goes up and becomes greater than all the plants, and it makes great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under the shade of it.

Cross References

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 11:9

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of LORD as the waters cover the sea.

Song of Solomon 2:3

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

Psalm 104:12

By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation. They sing among the branches.

Ezekiel 17:23

I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel, and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar. And all birds of every wing shall dwell under it; they shall dwell in the shade of the branches thereo

Matthew 13:32

Which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown, it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so as for the birds of the sky to come and lodge in the branches of it.

Mark 4:31

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.

Mark 4:33

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.