Luke 13:19

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Modern

It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

It is like a grain of mustard that a man, having taken, cast into his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.”

Latin

Simile est grano sinapis, quod acceptum homo misit in hortum suum, et crevit, et factum est in arborem magnam: et volucres cæli requieverunt in ramis ejus.

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Greek

English

It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

Notes

Luke 13:19

the birds of the air nested in its branches: The birds represent people who see the kingdom as a safe and secure place.

Luke 13:18–21

The parables of the mustard seed and the yeast reveal the nature of the kingdom of God. Like a mustard seed, it grows from a tiny size until it becomes large. Like yeast (leaven) in dough, it spreads through everything.

Events

Mustard Seed and Leaven Teachingc. AD 29

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Daniel 4:12
Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.
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This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Daniel 2:44–45
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
Daniel 4:21
…whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—
Mark 4:31–32
It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
Matthew 13:31–32
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.
Zechariah 2:11
“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
Zechariah 14:7–9
It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
Acts 2:41
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Ezekiel 31:6
All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
Acts 4:4
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
Daniel 2:34–35
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

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