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Mark 4:31
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29 But when the grain ripens, immediately ahe puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”  

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 Then He said, a“To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it?  
31 It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;
32 but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”

Jesus’ Use of Parables

33 aAnd with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.  
34 But without a parable He did not speak to them. And when they were alone, aHe explained all things to His disciples.  
Verse Comparison: Mark 4:31

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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® Bible
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth;

Contemporary English Version
It is like what happens when a mustard seed is planted in the ground. It is the smallest seed in all the world.

Darby English Version
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,

Good News Bible
It is like this. A man takes a mustard seed, the smallest seed in the world, and plants it in the ground.

International Standard Version
It is like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

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:

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,

New International Version
It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground.

New King James Version
It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"It resembles a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that fall upon the soil,

Young's 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;


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