The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Mark 4:31
In 9 translations
- BSB
- It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
- KJV
- It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
- WEB
- It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
- ASV
- It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
- LSV
- 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;
- YLT
- 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;
- DBY
- As to a grain of mustard [seed], which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,
- DRC
- It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth:
- GNV
- It is like a graine of mustarde seede, which when it is sowen in the earth, is the least of all seedes that be in the earth:
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus read κόκκῳ (“a grain”); NA28, Tregelles, Byzantine text read κόκκον (“a grain”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read μικρότερον (“smaller than”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read μικρότερος (“smaller than”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὂν (“is”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐστὶν (“is”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πάντων elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τῶν elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place σπερμάτων elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: κόκκῳ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κόκκῳ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read κόκκον.
- SBLGNT: μικρότερον ὂν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μικρότερον ὂν; Robinson–Pierpont read μικρότερος.
- SBLGNT: σπερμάτων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σπερμάτων; Robinson–Pierpont add ἐστὶν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὡς κόκκῳ σινάπεως, ὃς ὅταν σπαρῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μικρότερον ὂν πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς—
- RP2018
- Ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ὅς, ὅταν σπαρῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μικρότερος πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων ἐστὶν τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·
- TR-Boyd
- Ὡς κόκκῳ σινάπεως, ὅς, ὅταν σπαρῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μικρότερος πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων ἐστὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·
- SCR1894
- ως κοκκω σιναπεως ος οταν σπαρη επι της γης μικροτερος παντων των σπερματων εστιν των επι της γης
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MustardSermonKingdom of HeavenGospelGamesWord of GodMark, the Gospel According toChurchJesus, the Christ
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 19:20So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
- Genesis 22:17–18I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. And through your offspring all nations of…
- Luke 13:18–19Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
- Daniel 2:44–45In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself…
- Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says…
- Isaiah 49:6–7He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the…
- Acts 21:20When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
- Acts 4:4But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
- Ezekiel 17:22–24This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. I will…
- Zechariah 12:8On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
- Zechariah 2:11“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
- Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
- Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Isaiah 53:12–54:3Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many…
- Psalms 72:16–19May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field. May his name endure forever; may his…
- Acts 5:14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
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