Mark 4:31

New American Bible - revised edition

It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.

Cross References

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will give him his portion among the many, and he shall divide the spoils with the mighty, Because he surrendered himself to death, was counted among the transgressors, Bore the sins of many, and interceded for the transgressors.

Isaiah 53:2

He grew up like a sapling before him, like a shoot from the parched earth; He had no majestic bearing to catch our eye, no beauty to draw us to him.

Isaiah 60:22

The least one shall become a clan, the smallest, a mighty nation; I, the Lord, will swiftly accomplish these things when the time comes.

Isaiah 9:7

The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it falls upon Israel;

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the Lord will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David on that day; and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.

Zechariah 2:11

Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell in daughter Babylon!

Malachi 1:11

From the rising of the sun to its setting, my name is great among the nations; Incense offerings are made to my name everywhere, and a pure offering; For my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.

Mark 4:30

He said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it?

Mark 4:32

But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”

Luke 17:6

The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to [this] mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. Attitude of a Servant.

Acts 19:20

Thus did the word of the Lord continue to spread with influence and power. Paul’s Plans.

Acts 2:41

Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day. Communal Life.

Acts 21:20

They praised God when they heard it but said to him, “Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are from among the Jews, and they are all zealous observers of the law.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who heard the word came to believe and [the] number of men grew to [about] five thousand. Before the Sanhedrin.

Acts 5:14

Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord, great numbers of men and women, were added to them.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world now belongs to our Lord and to his Anointed, and he will reign forever and ever.”