Mark 4:31

Overview - Mark 4
The parable of the sower,
14 and the meaning thereof.
21 We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others.
26 The parable of the seed growing secretly;
30 and of the mustard seed.
35 Christ stilleth the tempest on the sea.
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Mark 4:31  (King James Version)
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:
 


like
Matthew 13:31-33 ; Luke 13:18 Luke 13:19

mustard seed
Mustard, [sinapi ,] is a well-known plant of the tetradynamia siliquosa class, distinguished by its yellow cruciform flowers, with expanding calyx, and its pods smooth, square, and close to the stem. Its seed was probably the smallest known to the Jews; and though its ordinary height does not exceed four feet, yet a species grows to the height of from three to five cubits, with a tapering, ligneous stalk, and spreading branches.

is less than
Genesis 22:17 Genesis 22:18 ; Psalms 72:16-19 ; Isaiah 2:2 Isaiah 2:3 ; 9:7 Isaiah 49:6 Isaiah 49:7 Isaiah 53:2 Isaiah 53:12 54:1-3
Isaiah 60:22 ; Ezekiel 17:22-24 ; Daniel 2:34 Daniel 2:35 Daniel 2:44 Daniel 2:45 ; Amos 9:11-15 ; Micah 4:1 Micah 4:2
Zechariah 2:11 ; 8:20-23 12:8 14:6-9 Malachi 1:11 ; Acts 2:41 ; 4:4 5:14 19:20
Acts 21:20 ; Revelation 11:15 ; 20:1-6