Mark 4:32

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

Cross References

Psalm 104:12

By them the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abides in the shadow of the Almighty,

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Song of Solomon 2:3

As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste,

Isaiah 11:9

They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a covert from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the Lord's anointed, was taken in their pits, he of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”

Ezekiel 17:23

on the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it will dwell all kinds of beasts; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.

Matthew 13:32

it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

Mark 4:31

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;

Mark 4:33

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it;