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Mark 4:32

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Mark 4:32 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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 — American Standard Version

Context — Mark 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
29But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?
31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
32yet 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.
33And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;
34and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.
35And on that day, when even was come, he saith unto them, Let us go over unto the other side.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But when it is sown, it groweth up, etc..] So the Gospel, when it was preached, it spread notwithstanding all the opposition made against it by, the Jews and Gentiles: there was no stopping it; though the Jewish sanhedrim charged the apostles to speak no more in the name of Jesus, they regarded them not; though Herod stretched forth his hands against the church, and killed one apostle, and put another in prison, yet “the word of God grew and multiplied”, (<441201>Acts 12:1-3,24), and Gospel churches when set up, whether in Judea, or among the Gentiles, presently had additions made unto them, and “grew up”, as holy temples in the Lord: and wherever the grace of God is really implanted, there…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See the notes at Matthew 13:31-32. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“and becometh: Pro 4:18; Isa 11:9 shooteth: Psa 80:9-11; Eze 31:3-10; Dan 4:10-14, Dan 4:20-22 lodge: Psa 91:1; Sol 2:3; Isa 32:2; Lam 4:20 Mark 4:33”
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