Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
New American Standard Bible
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
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;
Themes
Church » Progress of » Growth of Christ's kingdom prophesied
Church » Growth of accessions to » Growth of Christ's kingdom prophesied
Gospel » Compared to » A mustard seed
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The mustard seed
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the tares and other teachings (in galilee)
Kingdom » Growth of prophesied
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Interlinear
Epi
ἐπί
Epi
Usage: 644
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 4:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Mustard Seed
30
And
Names
Cross References
Genesis 22:17-18
I will indeed bless you
Psalm 72:16-19
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
the mountain of the Lord’s house
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it,
Isaiah 9:7
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
“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
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
and He will receive
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 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:
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,
Daniel 2:44-45
“In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed,
Amos 9:11-15
I will restore the fallen booth
I will repair its gaps,
restore its ruins,
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
Micah 4:1-2
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
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
Malachi 1:11
“For My name will be great among the nations,
Matthew 13:31-33
He
Luke 13:18-19
He said, therefore,
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
Revelation 11:15
The seventh angel blew his trumpet,
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