Mark 4:30 “Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what p…”

Mark 4:30

Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

American Standard Version

And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?

Geneva Bible 1599

He saide moreouer, Whereunto shall wee liken the kingdome of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

Darby Translation

And he said, How should we liken the kingdom of God, or with what comparison should we compare it?

Young's Literal Translation

And he said, 'To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

Bible in Basic English

And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

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Cross references

“And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?”

Lamentations 2:13 Matthew 11:16 Luke 13:18 Luke 13:20 Luke 13:21

Lamentations 2:13 · BSB

What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

Matthew 11:16 · BSB

To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

Luke 13:18 · BSB

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

Luke 13:20 · BSB

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

Luke 13:21 · BSB

It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

Also

Matthew 13:31–32 Matthew 13:24

Matthew 13:31–32 · 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 13:24 · BSB

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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

In context

29And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come. ”

31It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

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