Mark 4:30

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

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  • Lam 2:13 : 13 What do I testify `to' thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea `is' thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?
  • Matt 11:16 : 16 `And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,
  • Matt 13:31-32 : 31 Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field, 32 which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'
  • Luke 13:18-21 : 18 And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it? 19 It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.' 20 And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

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  • Luke 13:18-20
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    18And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

    19It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

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

  • Mark 4:31-33
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    31As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

    32and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

    33And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

  • Mark 4:26-29
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    26And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

    27and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

    28for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

    29and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'

  • Matt 13:30-34
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    30suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'

    31Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

    32which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

    33Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

    34All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

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    24Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

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    9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'

    10And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

    11`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

  • Mark 4:2-5
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    2and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

    3`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

    4and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

    5and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

    14He who is sowing doth sow the word;

  • Mark 4:7-11
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    7and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

    8and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

    9And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

    10And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

    11and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

  • Mark 4:20-21
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    20`And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

    21And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?

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    31And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

    4and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

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    29And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all the trees,

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    16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

  • Luke 8:4-5
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    4And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

    5`The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

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    18`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

  • Luke 19:11
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    11And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

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    34`And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,

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    1And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-winevat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

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    20And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, `The reign of God doth not come with observation;

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    38and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

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    8and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

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    6And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

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    10And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

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    44`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

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    35do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.