Mark 4:31

Modern English Version

It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest seed on earth.

Cross References

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore, I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and he was numbered with the transgressors, thus he bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 53:2

For he grew up before Him as a tender plant and as a root out of a dry ground. He has no form or majesty that we should look upon him nor appearance that we should desire him.

Isaiah 60:22

A little one shall become one thousand, and a small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to order it and to establish it with justice and with righteousness, from now until forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the Lord will defend those residing in Jerusalem; and even the one who stumbles among them will be as David on that day. And the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going out before them.

Zechariah 2:11

And many nations will join themselves with the Lord in that day, and they will be My people. And I will reside in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to you.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to My name, and a pure offering, for My name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of Hosts.

Mark 4:30

He said, “To what shall we liken the kingdom of God, or with what parable shall we compare it?

Mark 4:32

Yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all shrubs, and shoots out great branches, so that the birds of the air may nest in its shade.”

Luke 17:6

The Lord said, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

Acts 19:20

So the word of the Lord powerfully grew and spread.

Acts 2:41

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

Acts 21:20

When they heard this, they glorified the Lord. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and they are all zealous for the law.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men grew to about five thousand.

Acts 5:14

Believers were increasingly added to the Lord, crowds of both men and women,

Revelation 11:15

The seventh angel sounded, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying: “The kingdoms of the world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.”