Mark 4:32

New International Version

Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

Cross References

Psalm 104:12

The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.

Psalm 91:1

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

Song of Solomon 2:3

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Isaiah 11:9

They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 32:2

Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.

Ezekiel 17:23

On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.

Matthew 13:32

Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”

Mark 4:31

It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.

Mark 4:33

With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.