Mark 4:32

New Living Translation

but it becomes the largest of all garden plants; it grows long branches, and birds can make nests in its shade.”

Cross References

Psalm 104:12

The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.

Psalm 91:1

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Proverbs 4:18

The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.

Song of Solomon 2:3

Like the finest apple tree in the orchard is my lover among other young men. I sit in his delightful shade and taste his delicious fruit.

Isaiah 11:9

Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the Lord.

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 parched land.

Lamentations 4:20

Our king—the Lord’s anointed, the very life of our nation— was caught in their snares. We had thought that his shadow would protect us against any nation on earth!

Ezekiel 17:23

It will become a majestic cedar, sending forth its branches and producing seed. Birds of every sort will nest in it, finding shelter in the shade of its branches.

Matthew 13:32

It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants; it grows into a tree, and birds come and make nests in its branches.”

Mark 4:31

It is like a mustard seed planted in the ground. It is the smallest of all seeds,

Mark 4:33

Jesus used many similar stories and illustrations to teach the people as much as they could understand.