Therefore I will give him the many as a portion, and he will receive the mighty as spoil, because he willingly submitted to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet he bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels.
Mark 4:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth; American Standard Version (1901) It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth, Common English Bible Consider a mustard seed. When scattered on the ground, it’s the smallest of all the seeds on the earth; Catholic Public Domain Version It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it has been sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds which are in the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth: |
Therefore I will give him the many as a portion, and he will receive the mighty as spoil, because he willingly submitted to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet he bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels.
He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should desire him.
The least will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the Lord; I will accomplish it quickly in its time.
The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and for ever. The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this.
On that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that on that day the one who is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord, before them.
‘Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.
‘My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in my name in every place because my name will be great among the nations,’ says the Lord of Armies.
And he said, ‘With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?
And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the garden plants, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.’
‘If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,’ the Lord said, ‘you can say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it will obey you.
So those who accepted his message were baptised, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.
When they heard it, they glorified God and said, ‘You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.
But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers #– #multitudes of both men and women.
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.