Mark 4:32

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But when you plant it, 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 91:1

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

Lamentations 4:20

The king was very important to us. He was like the breath we breathe, but he was trapped by them. The Lord himself chose the king, and we said this about the king, “We will live in his shadow. He protects us from the nations.”

Isaiah 32:2

If this would happen, the king would be like a shelter to hide from the wind and rain, like streams of water in a dry land, and like the cool shadow of a large rock in a hot land.

Isaiah 11:9

People will stop hurting each other. People on my holy mountain will not want to destroy things because they will know the Lord. The world will be full of knowledge about him, like the sea is full of water.

Song of Solomon 2:3

My lover, among other men, you are an apple tree among the wild trees in the forest! I enjoy sitting in my lover’s shadow; his fruit is so sweet to my taste.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of those who live right is like the early morning light. It gets brighter and brighter until the full light of day.

Psalm 104:12

Wild birds come to live by the pools; they sing in the branches of nearby trees.

Ezekiel 17:23

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

Matthew 13:32

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

Mark 4:31

God’s kingdom is like a mustard seed, which is smaller than any other seed on earth that you can plant.

Mark 4:33

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