Then Jesus said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? Or what parable can we use to describe it?
Mark 4:31 - The Text-Critical English New Testament It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth. 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: |
Then Jesus said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? Or what parable can we use to describe it?
Yet when it is sown, it grows and becomes larger than all the garden plants and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.”
The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
In this way the word of the Lord was increasing and prevailing mightily.
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and about three thousand souls were added on that day.
When they heard this, they began glorifying the Lord. Then they said to him, “Yoʋ see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have become believers, and they are all zealous for the law.
But many who heard the word believed, and the number of men who believed came to about five thousand.
Yet more and more people believed in the Lord and were added to their number, a multitude of both men and women.
Then the seventh angel sounded 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 forever and ever.”