Mark 4:32
Mark 4:30-32 The Message (MSG)
“How can we picture God’s kingdom? What kind of story can we use? It’s like an acorn. When it lands on the ground it is quite small as seeds go, yet once it is planted it grows into a huge oak tree with thick branches. Eagles nest in it.”
Mark 4:32 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.
Mark 4:32 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE.”
Mark 4:32 New Century Version (NCV)
But when planted, this seed grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants. It produces large branches, and the wild birds can make nests in its shade.”
Mark 4:32 American Standard Version (ASV)
yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.
Mark 4:32 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
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.’
Mark 4:32 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.”
Mark 4:32 Amplified Bible (AMP)
yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden herbs; and it puts out large branches, so that THE BIRDS OF THE SKY are able to MAKE NESTS and LIVE UNDER ITS SHADE.” [Ps 104:12; Ezek 17:23; 31:6]
Mark 4:32 New Living Translation (NLT)
but it becomes the largest of all garden plants; it grows long branches, and birds can make nests in its shade.”