Mark 4:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?

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  • Lam 2:13 : 13 What can I witness for you? what can I liken to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what can I compare to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your ruin is vast like the sea: who can heal you?
  • Matt 11:16 : 16 But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 He put another parable before 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, which 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 he said, What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches. 20 And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.

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

    19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.

    20And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

  • Mark 4:31-33
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    31It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds on the earth;

    32but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.

    33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

  • Mark 4:26-29
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    26And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

    27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he does not know how.

    28For the earth yields fruit by itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

    29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.

  • Matt 13:30-34
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    30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that 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.

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

    32Though 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.

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

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

  • Matt 13:24
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    24He put another parable before them: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

  • Luke 8:9-11
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    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

    10And he said, To 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.

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

  • Mark 4:2-5
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    2And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,

    3Listen; behold, a sower went out to sow:

    4And it happened, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

    5And some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?

    14The sower sows the word.

  • Mark 4:7-11
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    7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

    8And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.

    9And he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

    10And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parable.

    11And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

  • Mark 4:20-21
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    20And these are the ones sown on good ground; those who hear the word, receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.

    21And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a candlestick?

  • Luke 7:31
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    31And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and what are they like?

  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3And He told them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29And he spoke to them a parable: Behold the fig tree and all the trees;

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

  • Luke 8:4-5
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    4And when a large crowd had gathered together, and people were coming to him from every city, he spoke by a parable:

    5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

  • Matt 13:18
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    18Listen then to what the parable of the sower means.

  • Luke 19:11
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    11And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought the kingdom of God would immediately appear.

  • Matt 21:34
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    34And when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine dressers, that they might receive the fruits of it.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

  • Luke 17:20
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    20And when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation:

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

  • Matt 13:8
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    8But others fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

  • Luke 13:6
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    6He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

  • Matt 13:10
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    10And the disciples came to Him and asked, Why do You speak to them in parables?

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

  • John 4:35
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    35Do you not say, There are still four months and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.