Mark 4:32

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

even though it is the least [significant] of all seeds on earth, becomes larger than all other plants. It develops huge branches so that the birds of the sky can roost in their shade.”

Cross References

Matthew 13:32

This seed is indeed [one of] the smallest of all seeds, but when it is [fully] grown, it is larger than [other] plants, and [even] becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and roost on its branches.”

Mark 4:31

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

Mark 4:33

And He spoke “the word” to them [i.e., the crowds] with as many such parables as they were able to receive.