Luke 13:19 KJV

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.

Words Then and Now

waxed to grow; to become Still heard today: the moon waxes and wanes, grows and shrinks Webster’s 1828 · Waxed
fowls a bird Still heard today: waterfowl, ducks, geese, and other water birds Webster’s 1828 · Fowl

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

The parables of the mustard seed, and leavenHere is the progress of the gospel foretold in two parables, as in Mt 13. The kingdom of the Messiah is the kingdom of God. May grace grow in our hearts; may...

Thompson Chains

Mustard SeedLast of 4 links
Weak InstrumentalitiesSee the chain from Exodus 4:2 · 3 links
Growth of KingdomSee the chain from Psalms 72:16 · 7 links
AccessionsSee the chain from Acts 2:41 · 12 links

Harmony of the Gospels

§ 94 Jesus beyond Jordan is followed by multitudes. The healing of the infirm Woman on the SabbathAlso Matthew 19:1–2; Mark 10:1

Cross References

Matthew 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 remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Psalms 72:16–17 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. …
Song of Solomon 4:12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Song of Solomon 4:16–5:1 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. …
Song of Solomon 6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Song of Solomon 8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
Isaiah 2:2–3 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. …
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 51:2–3 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. …
Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Isaiah 53:10–54:3 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. …
Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Isaiah 60:15–22 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. …
Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Jeremiah 31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Ezekiel 17:22–24 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: …
Ezekiel 31:6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Ezekiel 47:1–12 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. …
Daniel 2:34–35 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. …
Daniel 2:44–45 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. …
Daniel 4:12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
Daniel 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
Micah 4:1–2 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. …
Zechariah 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
Zechariah 8:20–23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: …
Zechariah 14:7–9 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. …
Matthew 13:31–32 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: …
Mark 4:31–32 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: …
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.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Acts 15:14–18 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. …
Acts 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Romans 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

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Topics

Gospel A mustard seed
Jesus, the Christ Journeys toward Jerusalem to attend the Passover; heals many who are diseased, and teaches the people (in Peraea)
Kingdom of heaven To a granule of mustard seed

Timeline

Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 27–31 · The Ministry of Jesus Christ

Greek and Strong’s

It is ἐστὶν estin Verb · present active indicative, third person singular ἐστί estí
like Ὁμοία Homoia ὅμοιος Adjective · nominative feminine singular
a grain κόκκῳ kokkō κόκκος Noun · dative masculine singular
of mustard seed σινάπεως sinapeōs σίναπι Noun · genitive feminine singular
which ὃν hon ὅς Pronoun · accusative masculine singular
a man ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos ἄνθρωπος Noun · nominative masculine singular
took λαβὼν labōn λαμβάνω Verb · aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular
and cast ἔβαλεν ebalen βάλλω Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
into εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
his ἑαυτοῦ heautou ἑαυτοῦ Pronoun · third person, genitive masculine singular
garden κῆπον kēpon κῆπος Noun · accusative masculine singular
and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
it grew ηὔξησεν ēuxēsen αὐξάνω Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
waxed ἐγένετο egeneto γίνομαι Verb · aorist middle indicative, third person singular εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
a great μέγα mega μέγας Adjective · accusative neuter singular
tree δένδρον dendron δένδρον Noun · accusative neuter singular
and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
the fowls τὰ ta Article · nominative neuter plural πετεινὰ peteina πετεινόν Noun · nominative neuter plural
of the air τοῦ tou Article · genitive masculine singular οὐρανοῦ ouranou οὐρανός Noun · genitive masculine singular
lodged κατεσκήνωσεν kateskēnōsen κατασκηνόω Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
the branches τοῖς tois Article · dative masculine plural κλάδοις kladois κλάδος Noun · dative masculine plural
of it αὐτοῦ autou αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive neuter singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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