Mark 4:30-32

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Parable of the Mustard Seed

³⁰And He said, “How shall we ^[a]picture the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it?^(A) ³¹It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground, even though it is ^[b]smaller than all the [other] seeds that are [sown] on the soil, ³²yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden herbs; and it puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky are able to make nests and live under its shade.”^(B)

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Mark 4:30 Lit compare.
Mark 4:31 In ancient Israel the mustard seed was the smallest known seed, and in rabbinic teaching the mustard seed was used as an example of something very small (in the Talmud).

Luke 13:18-19

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Parables of Mustard Seed and Leaven

¹⁸So this led Him to say, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?^(A) ¹⁹It is like a ^[a]mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky found shelter and nested in its branches.”^(B)

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Luke 13:19 In ancient Israel the mustard seed was the smallest known seed, and in rabbinic teaching the mustard seed was used as an example of something very small (in the Talmud).