Mark 4:30-32 |Matt. 13:31-32 | 30 And he said, How shall we liken|31 Another parable set he before the kingdom of God? or in what | them, saying, The kingdom of parable shall we set it forth? | heaven is like unto a grain of [1]It is like a grain of | mustard seed, which a man took, mustard seed, which, when it is| and sowed in his field: which sown upon the earth, though it | indeed is less than all seeds; be less than all the seeds that| but when it is grown, it is are upon the earth, yet when it| greater than the herbs, and is sown, groweth up, and | becometh a tree [_see Dan. becometh greater than all the | 4:12, 21_], so that the birds herbs, and putteth out great | of the heaven come and lodge in branches; so that the birds of | the branches thereof. the heaven can lodge under the | shadow thereof. | [Footnote 1: Gr. _As unto_.] (e) Parable of the Leaven and many such Parables Mark 4:33-34 |Matt. 13:33-35 | |33 Another parable spake he unto | them; The kingdom of heaven is | like unto leaven, which a woman | took, and hid in three | [1]measures of meal, till it | was all leavened. 33 And with many[a] such |34 All these things spake Jesus parables spake he the word unto| in parables unto the multitudes; them, as they were able to hear| and without[a] a parable spake 34 it: and without a parable spake|35 he nothing unto them: that it he not unto them: but privately| might be fulfilled which was to his disciples he expounded | spoken [2]by the prophet, all things. | saying, | I will open my mouth in | parables; | I will utter things hidden | from the foundation [3]of | the world [_see Ps. 78:2_]. [Footnote 1: The word in the Greek denotes the Hebrew seah, a measure containing nearly a peck and a half.] [Footnote 2: Or, _through_.] [Footnote 3: Many ancient authorities omit _of the world_.] [Footnote a: Note the expression. Matthew gives nine in Chapter 13 and Mark another. There may have been still others on this day.] _2. To the Disciples in the House_ (a) Explanation of the Parable of the Tares Matt. 13:36-43