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:
KJV
Ἄλλην παραβολὴν παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς λέγων· ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν κόκκῳ σινάπεως, ὃν λαβὼν ἄνθρωπος ἔσπειρεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ αὐτοῦ·
Greek NT
Aliam parabolam proposuit eis dicens : Simile est regnum cælorum grano sinapis, quod accipiens homo seminavit in agro suo :
Vulgate
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
ASV
Another parable he proposed unto them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κόκκος
kokkos
noun · 7×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
παρατίθημι
paratithemi
verb · 19×
σίναπι
sinapi
noun · 5×
σπείρω
speiro
verb · 53×
ἀγρός
agros
noun · 36×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅμοιος
omoios
adjective · 45×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Themes
Prophecy
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
'Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed.' See Matt. xiii. 31. By the mustard seed He signified the preaching of the Gospel; for indeed the preaching was the least of all things at the beginning — the disciples were unlettered, few in number, despised — but when it was sown, it sprang up and became the greatest of…
Cross-references
- Ezra 3:12 — But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice;
- Isa 60:22 — A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
- Job 8:7 — Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
- Luke 13:18 — Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
- Luke 13:18 — Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
- Luke 13:19 — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Luke 20:9 — Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
- Mark 4:30 — And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
- Mark 4:30 — And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
- Matt 3:2 — And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matt 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- Matt 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- Matt 17:20 — And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall
- Matt 17:20 — And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall
- Matt 20:1 — For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
- Matt 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- Phil 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- Zech 4:10 — For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through