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;


In Context

28 for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

29 and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'

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.'

33 And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

Mark 4:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:31[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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:31It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:31It 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:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:31It 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,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:31As to a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:31It 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,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:31It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:31It'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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:31It 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: