Mark 4:32

Easy To Read Version

But when you plant this seed, it grows and becomes the largest of all the plants in your garden. It has branches that are very big. The wild birds can come and make nests there and be protected from the sun.”

Cross References

Psalm 104:12

Wild birds come to live by the pools,\par They sing in the branches of nearby trees.\par

Psalm 91:1

You can go to God Most-High to hide.\par You can go to the God All-Powerful\par for protection.\par

Proverbs 4:18

Good people are like the early morning light. The sun rises and the day becomes brighter and happier.

Isaiah 11:9

\{All these things show that there will be peace\}—no person will hurt any other person. People on my holy mountain will not want to destroy things. Why? Because people will truly know the Lord. They will be full of knowledge \{about him\} like the sea is full of water.

Isaiah 32:2

\{If this would happen\}, then the king {\cf2\super [294]} would be like a place to hide from the wind and rain. It would be like having streams of water in a dry land. It would be like a cool shadow from a large rock in a hot land.

Lamentations 4:20

The king was very important to us.\par He was like the breath we breathe.\par But the king was trapped by them.\par The king was chosen by the Lord himself.\par We had said about the king,\par “We will live in his shadow.\par He protects us from the nations.”\par

Ezekiel 17:23

I myself will plant it\par on a high mountain in Israel.\par That branch will grow into a tree.\par It will grow branches and make fruit.\par It will become a beautiful cedar tree.\par Many birds will sit on its branches.\par Many birds will live in the shadows\par under its branches.\par

Matthew 13:32

That seed is one of the smallest of all seeds. But when the seed grows, it is one of the largest garden plants. It becomes a tree, big enough for the birds to come and make nests in its branches.”

Mark 4:31

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. The mustard seed is the smallest seed that you plant in the ground.

Mark 4:33

Jesus used many stories like these to teach them. He taught them all that they could understand.