Mark 4:32

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.””

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BSBPD

“But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 4:32 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 80:9You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
  2. Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
  3. Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
  4. Song of Solomon 2:3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
  5. Isaiah 11:9They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
  6. Isaiah 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
  7. Lamentations 4:20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
  8. Ezekiel 31:3Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
  9. Daniel 4:10In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.
  10. Daniel 4:20The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,

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