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Mark 4:31

It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

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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,

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:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὡςhōsAsG5613 →
κόκκῳkokkōa grainG2848 →
σινάπεωςsinapeōsof mustardG4615 →
ὃςhoswhichG3739 →
ὅτανhotanwhenG3752 →
σπαρῇsparēait may be sownG4687 →
ἐπὶepiuponG1909 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
γῆς,gēsearth,G1093 →
μικρότερονmikroteronsmaller thanG3398 →
ὂνonisG1510 →
πάντωνpantōnallG3956 →
τῶνtōntheG3588 →
σπερμάτωνspermatōnseedsG4690 →
τῶνtōnwhich [are]G3588 →
ἐπὶepiuponG1909 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
γῆς.gēsearth.G1093 →

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Matthew 17:20“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”Acts 19:20So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.Luke 13:18–19Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?Jonah 1:16Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.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 the LORD of Hosts.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.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 stand forever.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 60:22The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.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.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.Zechariah 14:6–9On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.Acts 5:14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.Matthew 13:31–33He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.Zechariah 8:20–23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—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.Isaiah 53:12Therefore 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 and made intercession for the transgressors.

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