Mark 4:30

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he said, ‹Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?›

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  • Lam 2:13 : 13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?
  • Matt 11:16 : 16 ¶ ‹But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,›
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, ‹The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:›
  • Matt 13:31-32 : 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, ‹The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:› 32 ‹Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.›
  • Luke 13:18-21 : 18 ¶ Then said he, ‹Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?› 19 ‹It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.› 20 And again he said, ‹Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?› 21 ‹It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.›

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    18 ¶ Then said he, ‹Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?›

    19 ‹It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.›

    20 And again he said, ‹Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?›

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    31 [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:›

    32 ‹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.›

    33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear [it].

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    26 And he said, ‹So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;›

    27 ‹And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.›

    28 ‹For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.›

    29 ‹But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.›

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    30 ‹Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.›

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    32 ‹Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.›

    33 Another parable spake he unto them; ‹The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.›

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    9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

    10 And he said, ‹Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.›

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    2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

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    13 And he said unto them, ‹Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?›

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    7 ‹And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.›

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