Mark 4:30

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he sayde: Wherevnto shall we lyken the kyngdome of God? Or with what comparyson shall we compare it?

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  • Lam 2:13 : 13 What shall I say vnto thee, O thou daughter Hierusalem? to whom shal I liken thee? To whom shall I compare thee O thou daughter Sion, to comfort thee withall? thy heart is lyke a mayne sea, who may heale thee?
  • Matt 11:16 : 16 But whervnto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto litle children, which sit in the markettes, and call vnto their felowes,
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying: The kyngdome of heauen is likened vnto a man, which sowed good seede in his fielde.
  • Matt 13:31-32 : 31 Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying. The kyngdome of heauen is like to a grayne of mustard seede, which a man toke & sowed in his fielde. 32 Which in dede is the least of all seedes: But when it is growen, it is the greatest among hearbes: and is a tree, so that the byrdes of the ayre come & make their nestes in the braunches therof.
  • Luke 13:18-21 : 18 Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or whereto shall I compare it? 19 It is like a grayne of mustarde seede, whiche a man toke & sowed in his garden: and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the ayre made nestes in the braunches of it. 20 And agayne he sayde: Whervnto shall I lyken the kyngdome of God? 21 It is lyke leuen, which a woman toke, and hyd in three peckes of meale, tyll all was leuened.

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  • Luke 13:18-20
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    18Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or whereto shall I compare it?

    19It is like a grayne of mustarde seede, whiche a man toke & sowed in his garden: and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the ayre made nestes in the braunches of it.

    20And agayne he sayde: Whervnto shall I lyken the kyngdome of God?

  • Mark 4:31-33
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    31It is like a grayne of mustarde seede, whiche when it is sowen in the earth, is lesse then all seedes that be in the earth.

    32When it is sowen, it groweth vp, and is greater then all hearbes, and beareth great braunches, so that the fowles of the ayre may make their nestes vnder the shadowe of it.

    33And with many such parables preached he the worde vnto them, as they were able to heare it.

  • Mark 4:26-29
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    26And he sayde, so is the kyngdome of God: euen as yf a man shoulde sowe seede in the grounde,

    27And shoulde slepe, and ryse vp nyght and day, and the seede shoulde spryng & growe vp, he knoweth not howe.

    28For the earth bringeth foorth fruite of her selfe, first the blade, then the eare, after that, the full corne in the eare.

    29But when the fruite is brought foorth, anone he thrusteth in the sickle, because the haruest is come.

  • Matt 13:30-34
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    30Let both growe together vntyll the haruest: & in tyme of haruest, I wyl say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, and bynde them in bundels to burne them: but carrie the wheate into my barne.

    31Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying. The kyngdome of heauen is like to a grayne of mustard seede, which a man toke & sowed in his fielde.

    32Which in dede is the least of all seedes: But when it is growen, it is the greatest among hearbes: and is a tree, so that the byrdes of the ayre come & make their nestes in the braunches therof.

    33Another parable spake he vnto them: The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto leuen, which a woman taketh & hydeth in three peckes of meale, tyll all be leuened.

    34All these thynges spake Iesus vnto the people in parables: and without a parable spake he not vnto them.

  • Matt 13:24
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    24Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying: The kyngdome of heauen is likened vnto a man, which sowed good seede in his fielde.

  • Luke 8:9-11
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    9And his disciples asked hym, saying what maner of similitude is this?

    10And he sayde, Unto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of God: but to other by parables, that when they see, they shoulde not see, and when they heare, they shoulde not vnderstande.

    11The parable is this. The seede, is the worde of God.

  • Mark 4:2-5
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    2And he taught them many thinges by parables, and sayde vnto them in his doctrine.

    3Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe:

    4And it fortuned as he sowed, that some fell by the way syde, and the fowles of the ayre came, and deuoured it vp.

    5Some fell on stonie grounde, where it had not muche earth: and immediatly sprange vp, because it had not deapth of earth.

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13And he sayde vnto them: Knowe ye not this parable? And howe then wyll ye knowe all other parables?

    14The sower, soweth the worde.

  • Mark 4:7-11
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    7And some fell among thornes: and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, and it gaue no fruite.

    8And some fell vpon good grounde, and dyd yelde fruite, that sprang vp, and grewe, and brought foorth, some thirtie folde, and some sixtie folde, and some an hundred folde.

    9And he saide vnto them: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare.

    10And when he was alone, they that were about hym, with the twelue, asked of hym the parable.

    11And he sayde vnto them: To you it is geuen to knowe the misterie of the kingdome of God: But vnto them that are without, all thynges are done by parables,

  • Mark 4:20-21
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    20And they whiche receaue seede into good grounde, are suche as heare the worde, and receaue it, so that one corne doth bryng foorth thirtie, some sixtie, some an hundred.

    21And he saide vnto them: Is the candle lyghted to be put vnder a busshell, or vnder the table? And not to be put on a candelsticke?

  • Luke 7:31
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    31And the Lorde sayde: Whervnto shall I lyken the men of this generation? and what thyng are they lyke?

  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3And he spake many thynges to them in parables, saying: Beholde, the sower went foorth to sowe.

    4And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the fowles came, and deuoured them vp.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29And he shewed them a similitude: Behold the figge tree, & all the trees.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he put foorth a similitude vnto the, saying: The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites.

  • Luke 8:4-5
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    4When much people were gathered together, & were come to hym out of all cities, he spake by a similitude.

    5The sower wet out to sowe his seede: and as he sowed, some fell by the way syde, and it was troden downe, and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp.

  • Matt 13:18
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    18Heare ye therfore the similitude of the sower.

  • Luke 19:11
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    11And as they hearde these thynges, he added & spake a parable, because he was nye to Hierusale, & because they thought that the kingdome of God should shortly appeare.

  • Matt 21:34
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    34And when the time of the fruite drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbande men, that they might receaue the fruites of it.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1And he beganne to speake vnto them by parables. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and compassed it about with an hedge, and ordeyned a wynepresse, and built a towre, and let it out vnto husbande men: and went into a straunge countrey.

  • Luke 17:20
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    20When he was demaunded of the pharisees, when the kyngdome of God shoulde come: he aunswered them, and sayde, The kyngdome of God shall not come with obseruation.

  • Matt 13:38
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    38The fielde, is the worlde: & the good seede, they are the childre of ye kingdom: the tares, are the chyldren of ye wicked.

  • Matt 13:8
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    8But some fell into good grounde, and brought foorth fruite, some an hundred folde, some sixtie folde, some thirtie folde.

  • Luke 13:6
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    6He tolde also this similitude. A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyarde, and he came, and sought fruite theron, and founde none.

  • Matt 13:10
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    10And the disciples came, and sayde vnto hym: Why speakest thou to them by parables?

  • Matt 13:44
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    44Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto treasure hyd in the fielde: the which a man hath founde, and hyd, and for ioy therof, goeth and selleth all that he hath, and byeth the fielde.

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    35Say not ye, there are yet foure monethes, and then commeth haruest? Beholde, I say vnto you, lyft vp your eyes, and loke on the regions: for they are whyte alredy vnto haruest.