Mark 4:31

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“It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.”

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BSBPD

“It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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:”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“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,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 4:31 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
  2. Psalms 72:16May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
  3. Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
  4. Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  5. Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
  6. Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
  7. Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
  8. Isaiah 60:22The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.
  9. Ezekiel 17:22This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
  10. Daniel 2:34As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
  11. Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
  12. Amos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
  13. Micah 4:1In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
  14. Zechariah 2:11“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
  15. Zechariah 8:20This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
  16. Zechariah 12:8On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
  17. Zechariah 14:6On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
  18. Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  19. Matthew 13:31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
  20. Luke 13:18Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
  21. Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
  22. Acts 4:4But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
  23. Acts 5:14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
  24. Acts 19:20So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.

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