Mark 4:31
Strong's Lexicon
It is like
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

a mustard seed
κόκκῳ (kokkō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2848: A kernel, grain, seed. Apparently a primary word; a kernel of seed.

σινάπεως (sinapeōs)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4615: Mustard (probably the shrub, not the herb). Perhaps from sinomai; mustard.

which
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

is
ὂν (on)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[the] smallest
μικρότερον (mikroteron)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative
Strong's Greek 3398: Little, small. Including the comparative mikroteros apparently a primary word; small (figuratively) dignity).

of all
πάντων (pantōn)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

seeds
σπερμάτων (spermatōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4690: From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed; by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant.

sown
σπαρῇ (sparē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4687: To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.

ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

upon
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earth.
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground.

New American Standard Bible
"[It is] like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

King James Bible
[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:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.

New Living Translation
It is like a mustard seed planted in the ground. It is the smallest of all seeds,

English Standard Version
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

New American Standard Bible
"It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

King James Bible
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It's like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground.

International Standard Version
It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it's the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

NET Bible
It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground--

American Standard Version
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,

English Revised Version
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,

Young's Literal Translation
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;
















Cross References
Matthew 13:31
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

Mark 4:30
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

Mark 4:32
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

Luke 17:6
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Mark 1:1
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

Mark 4:29
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

Mark 4:28
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Mark 4:33
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
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