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Berean Standard Bible

“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.””

Luke 13:19

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Jesus asks what the kingdom of God is like and answers with a tiny seed planted in a garden. His listeners knew mustard as one of the smallest seeds in their farming.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.”

World English Bible (WEB)

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Semejante es al grano de la mostaza, que tomándolo un hombre lo metió en su huerto; y creció, y fué hecho árbol grande, y las aves del cielo hicieron nidos en sus ramas.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

El reino de Dios se parece a una semilla de mostaza que un hombre sembró en su huerto. Creció y se convirtió en un árbol grande, y en sus ramas las aves hicieron sus nidos.

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