Mark 4:32

New American Bible - revised edition

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.”

Cross References

Psalm 91:1

You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shade of the Almighty,

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed—our very lifebreath!— was caught in their snares, He in whose shade we thought to live among the nations.

Isaiah 32:2

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the rain. They will be like streams of water in a dry country, like the shade of a great rock in a parched land.

Isaiah 11:9

They shall not harm or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea.

Song of Solomon 2:3

W Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my lover among men. In his shadow I delight to sit, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just is like shining light, that grows in brilliance till perfect day.

Psalm 104:12

Beside them the birds of heaven nest; among the branches they sing.

Ezekiel 17:23

On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it. It shall put forth branches and bear fruit, and become a majestic cedar. Every small bird will nest under it, all kinds of winged birds will dwell in the shade of its branches.

Matthew 13:32

It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’” The Parable of the Yeast.

Mark 4:31

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

Mark 4:33

With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.