{"id":9950,"date":"2024-08-29T08:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9950"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:27:16","slug":"mark-chapter-4-the-parable-of-the-mustard-seed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9950","title":{"rendered":"Mark Chapter 4 The Parable of the Mustard Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>Again he said,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cWhat shall we say the kingdom of God is like,\u00a0or what parable shall we use to describe it?\u00a0<sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.\u00a0<sup>32\u00a0<\/sup>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.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>33&nbsp;<\/sup>With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.&nbsp;<sup>34&nbsp;<\/sup>He did not say anything to them without using a parable.&nbsp;But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30\u00a0Again he said,\u00a0\u201cWhat shall we say the kingdom of God is like,\u00a0or what parable shall we use to describe it?\u00a031\u00a0It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.\u00a032\u00a0Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9950","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mark Chapter 4 The Parable of the Mustard Seed &#8212; 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