The Small Germ Expanded
Mark 4:30-32
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?…


This is a great encouragement for those who are trying to find favour for any useful plan or good idea. As long as it remains in your own mind it is the seed in the mustard pod; but cast it into the field, the garden, it will grow. Thus John Pound's little scapegrace, bribed by a hot potato to come for his daily lesson, has multiplied into our Ragged Schools, with their thousands of teachers and myriads of scholars. Thus David Nasmith's notion of a house-to-house visitation of the London poor has grown into those Town and City Missions which are the salt, the saving element, in our overcrowded centres.

(James Hamilton, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

WEB: He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?




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