Mark 4:32

Mark 4:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."
• New King James Version (NKJV)but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”

Context of Mark 4:32

30Yeshua also said, “How should we picture the kingdom of God? Or by what story shall we present it? 31It is like a mustard seed when it’s planted in the ground. Though the smallest of all seeds in the earth, yet when planted it grows up and becomes the largest of all the herbs. It puts forth big branches, so the birds of the air can nest in its shade.” 33With many such parables He used to tell them the word, as much as they were able to hear. 34But apart from a parable, He wasn’t speaking to them. Yet when they were alone, to His own disciples He would explain everything.

Mark 4:32 word by word

καὶ ὅταν σπαρῇ, ἀναβαίνει καὶ γίνεται μεῖζον πάντων τῶν λαχάνων καὶ ποιεῖ κλάδους μεγάλους ὥστε δύνασθαι ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνοῦν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butκαίkai · andG2532
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• it is sownσπείρωspeirō · to sowG4687
• it groweth upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• becomethγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• greater thanμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• herbsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• herbsλάχανονlachanon · plantG3001
• shooteth outποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• branchesκλάδοςklados · branchG2798
• so thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
• the fowlsπετεινόςpeteinon · birdG4071
• of the airοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• mayδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• lodgeκατασκηνόωkataskēnoō · to dwellG2681
• underὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• the shadowσκιάskia · shadowG4639
• of itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Mark 4:32

• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.
• Isaiah 11:9They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Adonai, as the waters cover the sea.
• Psalms 80:9You pulled out a vine from Egypt. You drove out nations and planted it.
• Ezekiel 31:3Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches shadowing the forest, of lofty height. Its top was in leafy branches.
• Daniel 4:10“I was watching the visions in my mind while on my bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven.
• Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of Elyon, will abide in the shadow of Shaddai.
• Isaiah 32:2Each will be like a refuge from the wind and a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a massive rock in a weary land.
• Lamentations 4:20The anointed of Adonai, the breath of our nostrils, was captured in their pits, of whom we have said, “Under His shadow we will live among the nations.”

Commentaries on Mark 4:32

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-34Verses 21-34 These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not to be covered, but to be placed on a candlestick, that they may give light to a room. This parable of the good seed, shows the manner in which the kingdom of God makes progress in the world. Let but the word of Christ have the place it ought to have in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-32Jesus contrasts a very small beginning with a large result. The mustard seed was known to be very small, almost the smallest seed people commonly used (see Matthew 17:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-341. And he began again to teach by the seaside: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude--or, according to another well-supported reading, "a mighty" or "immense multitude." so that he entered into a ship--rather, "the ship," meaning the one mentioned in Mr 3:9. (See on Mt 12:15). and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land--crowded on the seashore to listen to Him. (See on Mt 13:1, 2.)Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 4:32

• Church
• Gospel
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Sermon
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Alone
• Care
• Cast
• Comparison
• Doctrine
• Mustard
• Birds
• Branch ;bough
• Fowl
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Mark 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings