Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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:

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,

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,

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 can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it? 31 It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground. 32 And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the vegetables, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.”


Cross References

Genesis 22:17-18

I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

Psalm 72:16-19

May there be plenty of grain in the land;
may it wave on the tops of the mountains.
May its crops be like Lebanon.
May people flourish in the cities
like the grass of the field.

Isaiah 2:2-3

In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it,

Isaiah 9:7

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 forever.
The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 49:6-7

He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations,
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 53:2

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.

Isaiah 53:12-3

Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,
and He will receive the mighty as spoil,
because He submitted Himself to death,
and was counted among the rebels;
yet He bore the sin of many
and interceded for the rebels.

Isaiah 60:22

The least will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am Yahweh;
I will accomplish it quickly in its time.

Ezekiel 17:22-24

This is what the Lord God says:

I will take a sprig
from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it.
I will pluck a tender sprig
from its topmost shoots,
and I will plant it
on a high towering mountain.

Daniel 2:34-35

As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it, struck the statue on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.

Daniel 2:44-45

“In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.

Amos 9:11-15

In that day
I will restore the fallen booth of David:
I will repair its gaps,
restore its ruins,
and rebuild it as in the days of old,

Micah 4:1-2

In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s house
will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
Peoples will stream to it,

Zechariah 2:11

“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 Hosts has sent Me to you.

Zechariah 8:20-23

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Peoples will yet come, the residents of many cities;

Zechariah 12:8

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.

Zechariah 14:6-9

On that day there will be no light; the sunlight and moonlight will diminish.

Malachi 1:11

“For 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 Yahweh of Hosts.

Matthew 13:31-33

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

Luke 13:18-19

He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?

Acts 2:41

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about 5,000.

Acts 5:14

Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers—crowds of both men and women.

Acts 19:20

In this way the Lord’s message flourished and prevailed.

Acts 21:20

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.

Revelation 11:15

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 Messiah,
and He will reign forever and ever!

Revelation 20:1-6

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

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