Parallel Verses

Amplified

It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground, even though it is smaller than all the [other] seeds that are [sown] on the soil,

New American Standard Bible

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

King James Version

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:

Holman Bible

It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground.

International Standard Version

It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it's the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

A Conservative Version

It is like a grain of the mustard plant, which, when it is sown in the ground, is smaller than all the seeds upon the ground.

American Standard Version

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,

An Understandable Version

It is similar to a seed from the mustard tree which, when planted in the ground,

Anderson New Testament

It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown in the ground, is less than all seeds that are in the ground;

Bible in Basic English

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

it is like a grain of mustard-seed, which when sown in the earth, is less than any other grain that is sown there.

Darby Translation

As to a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,

Godbey New Testament

Tis like a grain of mustard seed, which when it may be sown upon the earth, is the smallest of all seeds which are upon the earth,

Goodspeed New Testament

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown in the ground, though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the world,

John Wesley New Testament

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which when it is sown in the earth, is one of the least of the seeds that are in the earth.

Julia Smith Translation

As a kernel of mustard, which, when it be sown in the earth, is smaller than all seeds upon the earth:

King James 2000

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:

Lexham Expanded Bible

[It is] like a mustard seed that when sown on the ground, [although it] is the smallest of all the seeds that [are] on the ground,

Modern King James verseion

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which when it is sown in the earth, is the least of all seeds that be in the earth:

Moffatt New Testament

It is like a grain of mustard-seed ??less than any seed on earth when it is sown on earth;

Montgomery New Testament

It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the soil, is the smallest seed in the world;

NET Bible

It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground --

New Heart English Bible

It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

Noyes New Testament

It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth;

Sawyer New Testament

It is like a mustard seed, which when sown in the earth is the least of all seeds on the earth;

The Emphasized Bible

As a grain of mustard seed, - which, whensoever it may be sown upon the earth, is less than all the seeds that are upon the earth;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

It is like a grain of mustard, which when it is sown in the earth, is among the least of all the seeds which are upon the earth:

Twentieth Century New Testament

By what can we illustrate it? Perhaps by the growth of a mustard-seed. This seed, when sown in the ground, though it is smaller than all other seeds,

Webster

It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.

Weymouth New Testament

It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;

Williams New Testament

It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all seeds,

World English Bible

It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

Worrell New Testament

It is like to a grain of mustard, which when it is sown upon the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,

Worsley New Testament

It is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which when it is sown in the ground, is one of the lest of all the seeds on the earth:

Youngs Literal Translation

As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
It is like
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417

a grain
κόκκος 
Kokkos 
Usage: 0

σίναπι 
sinapi 
Usage: 0

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

ὅταν 
Hotan 
when, as soon as, as long as, that, whensoever, while, till
Usage: 49

it is sown
σπείρω 
Speiro 
Usage: 15

in
ἐπί 
Epi 
ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644
Usage: 644

the earth
γῆ 
Ge 
Usage: 186

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

μικρός μικρότερος 
Mikros 
Usage: 15

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

the seeds
σπέρμα 
Sperma 
Usage: 37

that be

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

References

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Mustard Seed

30 And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground, even though it is smaller than all the [other] seeds that are [sown] on the soil, 32 yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden herbs; and it puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky are able to make nests and live under its shade.”


Cross References

Genesis 22:17-18

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [as conquerors].

Psalm 72:16-19


There will be an abundance of grain in the soil on the top of the mountains;
Its fruit will wave like [the cedars of] Lebanon,
And those of the city will flourish like grass of the earth.

Isaiah 2:2-3


Now it will come to pass that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains,
And will be exalted above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.

Isaiah 9:7


There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace,
[He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From that time forward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 49:6-7


He says, “It is too trivial a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel;
I will also make You a light to the nations
That My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 53:2


For He [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender shoot (plant),
And like a root out of dry ground;
He has no stately form or majestic splendor
That we would look at Him,
Nor [handsome] appearance that we would be attracted to Him.

Isaiah 53:12-3


Therefore, I will divide and give Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers],
And He shall divide the spoils with the mighty,
Because He [willingly] poured out His life to death,
And was counted among the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore and took away the sin of many,
And interceded [with the Father] for the transgressors.

Isaiah 60:22


“The smallest one will become a thousand (a clan),
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will quicken it in its [appointed] time.”

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus says the Lord God, “I Myself will take a twig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Daniel 2:34-35

As you were looking, a stone was cut out without [human] hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.

Daniel 2:44-45

In the days of those [final ten] kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left for another people; but it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

Amos 9:11-15


“In that day I shall raise up and restore the fallen tabernacle (booth) of David,
And wall up its breaches [in the city walls];
I will also raise up and restore its ruins
And rebuild it as it was in the days of old,

Micah 4:1-2

But it shall come about in the last days
That the mountain of the house of the Lord
Shall be established as the highest and chief of the mountains;
It shall be above the hills,
And peoples shall flow [like a river] to it.

Zechariah 2:11

Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day and shall be My people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know (recognize, understand fully) that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

Zechariah 8:20-23

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will come to pass that peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will come [to Jerusalem].

Zechariah 12:8

In that day the Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem, and the one who is impaired among them in that day [of persecution] will become [strong and noble] like David; and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the Lord [who is] before them.

Zechariah 14:6-9

In that day there will be no light; the glorious ones (heavenly bodies) shall be darkened.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name shall be great among the nations. In every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 13:31-33

He gave them another parable [to consider], saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

Luke 13:18-19

So this led Him to say, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

Acts 2:41

So then, those who accepted his message were baptized; and on that day about 3,000 souls were added [to the body of believers].

Acts 4:4

But many of those who heard the message [of salvation] believed [in Jesus and accepted Him as the Christ]. And the number of the men came to be about 5,000.

Acts 5:14

More and more believers in the Lord, crowds of men and women, were constantly being added to their number,

Acts 19:20

So the word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ] was growing greatly and prevailing.

Acts 21:20

And when they heard it, they began glorifying and praising God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all enthusiastic supporters of the Law [of Moses].

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel sounded [his trumpet]; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,

“The kingdom (dominion, rule) of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”

Revelation 20:1-6

And then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding the key of the abyss (the bottomless pit) and a great chain was in his hand.

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