• Luke 13:19
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 19 ὁμοία Like ἐστὶν it is κόκκῳ to grain σινάπεως, of mustard, ὃν which λαβὼν having taken ἄνθρωπος man ἔβαλεν threw εἰς into κῆπον garden ἑαυτοῦ, of himself, καὶ and ηὔξησεν it grew καὶ and ἐγένετο came to be εἰς into δένδρον, tree, καὶ and τὰ the πετεινὰ birds τοῦ of the οὐρανοῦ heaven κατεσκήνωσεν tented down ἐν in τοῖς the κλάδοις branches αὐτοῦ. of it.

  • Luke 13:19
    American Standard Version

    • 19 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.

  • Luke 13:19
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 19 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 heaven lodged amongst its branches.

  • Luke 13:19
    King James Version

    • 19 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.

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 13:19

      mustard grain: Several kinds of mustard plants are found growing wild in Israel. Black mustard (Brassica nigra) is the variety commonly cultivated. The relatively small seed, 1 to 1.6 mm (0.039 to 0.063 in.) in diameter and weighing 1 mg (0.000035 oz), produces a treelike plant. Some varieties of the mustard plant attain a height of up to 4.5 m (15 ft). The mustard grain, called “the tiniest of all the seeds” at Mt 13:32 and Mr 4:31, was used in ancient Jewish writings as a figure of speech for the very smallest measure of size. Although there are smaller seeds known today, it was evidently the tiniest of seeds gathered and sown by Israelite farmers in Jesus’ day.