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Mark 4:30

And he was saying—How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or, in what parable, shall we put it?

Mark 4:30 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible

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Mark 4:30 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

WEB World English Bible

He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

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In context

27 and be sleeping and rising, night and day,—and the seed be sprouting, and lengthening itself,—how, he, knoweth not:

28 of itself, the earth beareth fruit,—first, a blade, afterwards, an ear, after that, full corn in the ear;

29 but, as soon as the fruit yieldeth itself up, straightway, he sendeth forth the sickle, because standing by is the harvest.—

30 And he was saying—How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or, in what parable, shall we put it?

31 As a grain of mustard seed,—which, whensoever it may be sown upon the earth, is less than all the seeds that are upon the earth;

32 and, as soon as it is sown, springeth up, and becometh greater than all garden plants, and produceth large branches, so that, under the shade thereof, the birds of heaven can find shelter.

33 And, with many such parables as these, was he speaking unto them the word,—according as they were able to hear;

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