Mark 4:30

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He also said, 'To what can we compare the kingdom of God? Or with what parable can we illustrate it?'

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  • Lam 2:13 : 13 What can I say on your behalf? To what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your wound is as vast as the sea—who can heal you?
  • Matt 11:16 : 16 To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions:
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
  • Matt 13:31-32 : 31 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.' 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.
  • Luke 13:18-21 : 18 Then Jesus said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.' 20 Again he asked, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.'

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  • Luke 13:18-20
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    18 Then Jesus said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

    19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.'

    20 Again he asked, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

  • Mark 4:31-33
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    31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.

    32 But when it is sown, 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 in its shade.

    33 With many such parables, he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand.

  • Mark 4:26-29
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    26 He also said, "The kingdom of God is like this: A man scatters seed on the ground.

    27 He sleeps and rises—night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how.

    28 The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

    29 As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle because the harvest has come.

  • Matt 13:30-34
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    30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.”’

    31 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.'

    32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.

    33 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about fifty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.'

    34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable.

  • Matt 13:24
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    24 Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

  • Luke 8:9-11
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    9 Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?"

    10 And He said, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to others, I speak in parables so that, ‘Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

    11 Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

  • Mark 4:2-5
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    2 He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching, he told them:

    3 Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4 As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

    5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it didn’t have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13 He said to them, "Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

    14 The sower sows the word.

  • Mark 4:7-11
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    7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, so it didn’t produce any grain.

    8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It grew, producing fruit that increased and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.

    9 Then Jesus said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

    10 When he was alone, those around him, along with the twelve, asked him about the parable.

    11 He answered them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything is spoken in parables.

  • Mark 4:20-21
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    20 But those sown on good ground are the ones who hear the word, welcome it, and produce fruit—some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred times what was sown.

    21 He also said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it to be put on a lampstand?

  • Luke 7:31
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    31 Jesus said, 'To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?'

  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3 Then he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4 As he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29 Then he told them a parable: 'Look at the fig tree and all the trees.'

  • Luke 12:16
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    16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man produced a bountiful harvest.

  • Luke 8:4-5
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    4 When a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Him from every city, He spoke in a parable:

    5 A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was stepped on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

  • Matt 13:18
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    18 So listen to the parable of the sower.

  • Luke 19:11
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    11 As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God was about to appear immediately.

  • Matt 21:34
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    34 When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1 He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, built a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and constructed a tower. Then he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.

  • Luke 17:20
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    20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he replied, 'The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed.'

  • Matt 13:38
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    38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one.

  • Matt 13:8
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    8 Still other seeds fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some one hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

  • Luke 13:6
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    6 Then he told this parable: 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.'

  • Matt 13:10
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    10 Then the disciples approached him and asked, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

  • Matt 13:44
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    44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

  • John 4:35
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    35 Do you not say, 'There are still four months until harvest'? Look, I tell you: Lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest already.