Matthew 13:31

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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,

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  • Mark 4:30-32 : 30 And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it? 31 As 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; 32 and 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.'
  • Luke 13:18-19 : 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.'
  • 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 17:20 : 20 And Jesus said to them, `Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,
  • Luke 17:6 : 6 and the Lord said, `If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.
  • Luke 20:9 : 9 And he began to speak unto the people this simile: `A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,
  • Luke 19:11 : 11 And 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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  • Matt 13:23-30
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    23`And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'

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

    25and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

    26and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.

    27`And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?

    28And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, `that' having gone away we may gather it up?

    29`And he said, No, lest -- gathering up the darnel -- ye root up with it the wheat,

    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.'

  • Luke 13:18-21
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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?

    21It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

  • Mark 4:30-33
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    30And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

    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,

  • Matt 13:32-34
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    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,

  • Matt 13:3-5
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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,

    5and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

  • Mark 4:26-27
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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;

  • Matt 13:36-40
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    36Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'

    37And he answering said to them, `He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

    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,

    39and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

    40`As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,

  • Matt 13:43-45
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    43`Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

    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.

    45`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    78%

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

    19Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

  • Luke 8:11
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    11`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

  • Matt 13:47
    77%

    47`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,

  • Luke 8:5
    76%

    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.

  • Mark 4:3
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    3`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

  • Luke 17:6
    75%

    6and the Lord said, `If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

  • Mark 12:1
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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;

  • Matt 21:33
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    33`Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

  • Mark 4:14
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    14He who is sowing doth sow the word;

  • Matt 13:7-8
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    7and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

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

  • Matt 25:14
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    14`For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

  • Luke 8:9
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    9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

  • Matt 20:1
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    1`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

  • Mark 13:28
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    28`And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: when the branch may already become tender, and may put forth the leaves, ye know that nigh is the summer;

  • Matt 22:2
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    2`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,