Mark 4:32

New King James Version

but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”

Cross References

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, Was caught in their pits, Of whom we said, “Under his shadow We shall live among the nations.”

Isaiah 32:2

A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, And a cover from the tempest, As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 11:9

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea.

Song of Solomon 2:3

Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down in his shade with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.

Psalm 104:12

By them the birds of the heavens have their home; They sing among the branches.

Ezekiel 17:23

On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell.

Matthew 13:32

which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Mark 4:31

It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;

Mark 4:33

And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.