Mark 4:30

30 And he sayde: where vnto shall we lyke the kyngdome of God? or with what copareson shall we copare it?

Mark 4:30 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:30

And he said
Still continuing his discourse on this subject, and in order to convey to the minds of his disciples clearer ideas of the Gospel dispensation, the success of the Gospel, and the usefulness of their ministration of it, for their encouragement, how unpromising soever things might then be:

whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God, or with what comparison
shall we compare it?
It was usual with the Jewish doctors, when about to illustrate anything in a parabolical way to begin with such like questions; as, (hmwd rbdh hml) , "to what is this thing like" ^F4? when the answer is to such or such thing, as here.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 T. Hieros. Bava Bathra, fol. 16. 2. T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 82. 1. & Sabbat, fol. 108. 1. & passim.

Mark 4:30 In-Context

28 For ye erth bringeth forthe frute of her silfe: fyrst the blade then the eares after that full corne in the eares.

29 And as sone as the frute is brought forth anone he throusteth in ye sykell because the hervest is come.

30 And he sayde: where vnto shall we lyke the kyngdome of God? or with what copareson shall we copare it?

31 It is lyke a grayne of mustard seed which when it is sowe in the erth is the leest of all seedes that be in the erth:

32 but after that it is sowen it groweth vp and is greatest of all yerbes: and bereth greate brauches so that ye fowles of the ayre maye dwell vnder the shadowe of it.