Luke 13:19 “It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew a…”

Luke 13:19

It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

World English Bible

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”

American Standard Version

It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.

Geneva Bible 1599

It is like a graine of mustard seede, which a man tooke and sowed in his garden, and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the heauen made nestes in the branches thereof.

Darby Translation

It is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.

Young's Literal Translation

It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

Bible in Basic English

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

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Cross references

“like”

Matthew 17:20 Matthew 13:31 Matthew 13:32 Mark 4:31 Mark 4:32

Matthew 17:20 · BSB

“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…

Matthew 13:31 · BSB

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

Matthew 13:32 · BSB

Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Mark 4:31 · BSB

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

Mark 4:32 · BSB

But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”

“cast”

Song of Solomon 6:2 Isaiah 58:11 Song of Solomon 4:12 Song of Solomon 8:13 Isaiah 61:11 Jeremiah 31:12

Song of Solomon 6:2 · BSB

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Isaiah 58:11 · BSB

The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Song of Solomon 4:12 · BSB

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Song of Solomon 8:13 · BSB

You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!

Isaiah 61:11 · BSB

For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

Jeremiah 31:12 · BSB

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garde…

“and it”

Ezekiel 17:22–24 Zechariah 2:11 Isaiah 9:7 Zechariah 14:7–9 Acts 2:41 Acts 4:4

Ezekiel 17:22–24 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Zechariah 2:11 · BSB

“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.

Isaiah 9:7 · BSB

Of 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…

Zechariah 14:7–9 · BSB

It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.

Acts 2:41 · BSB

Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

Acts 4:4 · BSB

But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

“and the”

Daniel 4:12 Daniel 4:21 Ezekiel 31:6

Daniel 4:12 · BSB

Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.

Daniel 4:21 · BSB

whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—

Ezekiel 31:6 · BSB

All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.

Also

Luke 17:6

Luke 17:6 · BSB

And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

20Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

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