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The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 (A)And He was saying, “How shall we (B)compare the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is [a]smallest of all the seeds that are upon the soil, 32 yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes [b]largest of all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that (C)the birds of the [c]air can nest under its shade.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:31 Lit smaller
  2. Mark 4:32 Lit larger
  3. Mark 4:32 Or sky

Mustard Seed

30 Then he said, “To what should we compare the kingdom of God? Or with what parable may we picture it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which when sown on the ground is one of the smallest of all the seeds planted in the ground. 32 Yet when it is planted, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches so that the birds of the sky can nest under its shade.”

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