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Mark 4:30
Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
Mark 4:30 · Berean Standard Bible
Mark 4:30 in other translations
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
And he said, "To what will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we use for it?
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In context
27 Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
28 All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
29 And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
30 Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
32 But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”
33 With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
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