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Matthew 13:31
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;
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;
Verse 31. _THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE TO A GRAIN OF MUSTARD_ _SEED_] This parable is a representation of the progress of the Gospel in the world; and of the growth of grace in the soul. That grace...
See also Mark 4:30. The kingdom of heavens See the notes at Matthew 3:2. It means here either piety in a renewed heart or the church. In either case the commencement is small. In the heart it is at fi...
II. THE REJECTED KINGDOM AND THE REJECTED KING. CHAPTER S 13-28. 1. The King at the Seaside. The Mysteries of the Kingdom. CHAPTER 13 1. The King at the Seaside. (Matthew 13:1 .) 2. The Parable of...
OTHER PARABLES. -- Matthew 13:31-33; Matthew 13:44-52. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from the just._ -- Matthew 13:49
MANY THINGS IN PARABLES (Matthew 13:1-58) Matthew 13:1-58 is a very important chapter in the pattern of the gospel. (i) It shows a definite turning-point in the ministry of Jesus. At the beginning of...
Jesus put forward another parable to them: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, and, when it has grown, it...
_which a man took, and sowed_ "Which when it is sown," St Mark, who thus does not name an agent, the planter of the seed. _in his field_ "into his (own) garden," St Luke, with special reference to th...
(1) The Parable of the Mustard Seed. (2) The Parable of the Leaven which leavened the Meal. (1) Mark 4:30-32. (1) and (2) Luke 13:18-21 The "mystery" or secret of the future contained in these two p...
Ὃ ΛΑΒῺΝ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ ἜΣΠΕΙΡΕΝ. ὅταν σπαρῇ, St Mark, who thus does not name an agent, the planter of the seed. ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι�. εἰς κῆπον ἑαυτοῦ (Luke), ‘his own garden,’ with special reference to the land of Is...
(1) THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED. (2) THE PARABLE OF THE LEAVEN WHICH LEAVENED THE MEAL (1) Mark 4:30-32. (1) and (2) Luke 13:18-21 The ‘mystery’ or secret of the future contained in these two par...
VER 3L. 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: 32, WHICH INDEED IS THE LEAST OF ALL SEEDS:...
_THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARES MATTHEW 13:24-43_ : A man sowed good seed in his field. An enemy sowed tares among the wheat. The servants were not allowed to root up the tares least, by accident...
ΠΑΡΈΘΗΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 13:24. ΚΌΚΚΩ _dat. sing. от_ ΚΌΚΚΟΣ (G2848) зерно, отдельное зернышко; _dat._ с _adj._ похожий, подобный, ΣΙΝΆΠΕΩΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΣΊΝΑΠΙ (G4615) горчица, кот...
ANOTHER PARABLE PUT HE FORTH— The former parables relate chiefly to unfruitful hearers; these that follow, to those who bear good fruit. In the present parable our Lord shews, that notwithstanding the...
C. THE PROBLEM OF GROWTH AND SUCCESS IN GOD'S KINGDOM: THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH 1. THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED TEXT: 13:31, 32 (Parallel: Mark 4:30-32; cf. Luke 13:18-19) 31 Another parable set he b...
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: ANOTHER PARABLE PUT HE FORTH UNTO THEM, SAYING,...
14 Compare Isa_6:9-10, Septuagint. See Joh_12:37-40; Act_28:25-27; Rom_11:7-10; 2Co_3:14-16. 16-17 Compare Luk_10:23-24. See Mat_16:17. 18-23 Compare Mar_4:14-20; Luk_8:11-15. 19 Lack of understandi...
A DAY OF PARABLES 1-3a. Teaching by parables begun (Mark 4:1; Luke 8:4). This chapter introduces a new type of teaching, that by parables. St. Matthew gives us a group of seven, the first four of whic...
Christ takes the GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, by which is to be understood Christianity both as a doctrine and as an organised society, and plants it in His field, which is the world. MUSTARD SEED] The vege...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 STORIES ABOUT WHERE GOD RULES 13:1-52 Matthew wrote down a lot of the things that Jesus taught. This chapter is the third section...
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE TO A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED. — The two parables that follow are left without an explanation, as though to train the disciples in the art of interpreting for themselves. An...
CHAPTER 11 The Parables of the Kingdom - Matthew 13:1 "THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side." We can well imagine that, after such a series of discouragements and mortifi...
_The Mustard Seed and the Leaven_ (Luke 13:18-21 (both); Mark 4:30-32 (Mustard Seed)). A couplet of brief parables of brighter tone than the two already considered, predicting great extensive and inte...
σινάπεως : from σίναπι, late for νάπν in Attic, which Phryn. recommends to be used instead (Lobeck, 288)....
OTHER PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM Matthew 13:24-33 The tare was a species of rye grass, which in its earlier stages, closely resembled wheat. In this world, and in the Church, professors are closely ming...
This chapter contains the seven parables of the Kingdom. The reason for the parabolic teaching of Christ is set forth here. This first parable was spoken to the multitudes (verses Mat 13:2-3). Its exp...
(5) 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: (5) God begins his kingdom with very small begi...
THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED Matthew 13:31-32, & Mark 4:30-32. “And He said, To what must we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable may we expound it? It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it...
"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: (32) Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but wh...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE TREE FROM THE SEED_ ‘The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed … so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.’ Matthew 13:31 The truth which our Lord tea...
By these parables Christ encourages his disciples not to be offended and turn back on account of the mean beginnings of the Gospel. We see how haughtily profane men despise the Gospel, and even turn i...
The Lord was no longer seeking fruit in His vine. It had been requisite according to God's relations with Israel that He should seek this fruit; but His true service, He well knew, was to bring that w...
ANOTHER PARABLE PUT HE FORTH UNTO THEM, SAYING,.... As the former parable sets forth the condition of the Gospel church state until the end of the world; this expresses the small beginnings of it, and...
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: Ver. 31. _Is like to a grain of mustard seed_] "Whi...
_Another parable put he forth_ The two former parables relate chiefly to unfruitful hearers: the two that follow, to those who bear good fruit. _The kingdom of heaven_ Both the gospel dispensation in...
ANOTHER PARABLE; this parable represents the progress which the gospel would make. From small beginnings it would increase, and its influence become extensive and powerful....
This chapter begins a new division of the book. Israel is looked at as set aside because of unbelief: the Lord went out of the house (typically Israel's house), and set by the seaside. The sea is typi...
31-35 The scope of the parable of the seed sown, is to show that the beginnings of the gospel would be small, but its latter end would greatly increase; in this way the work of grace in the heart, th...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I Wherefore He Himself, declaring Himself very beautifully, likened Himself to a grain of mustard-seed;[257] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews the Fashioner...
Matthew 13:31 Another G243 parable G3850 forth G3908 (G5656) them G846 saying G3004 (G5723) kingdom G932 heaven...
THE EIGHT PARABLES OF THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN (13:1-53). Having made clear that the Kingly Rule of Heaven is advancing forcefully (Matthew 11:12) and that through Jesus' activities as the Servant of...
THREE FURTHER PARABLES OF THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN (13:24-33). The parable of the Sower having been explained, We now have three further parables introduced, the parable of the tares (or bearded darn...
‘He set another parable before them, saying, “The kingly rule of heaven is like to a situation where a man took a grain of mustard seed, and sowed it in his field, which indeed is less than all seeds,...
THE TWIN PARABLES OF THE MUSTARD SEED AND THE LEAVEN (13:31-33). These two parables have very different emphases. The emphasis in the first case is on the size to which it grew from small beginnings,...
Matthew 13:31. A _third parable_, also from agricultural _experience._ A grain of MUSTARD-SEED. The plant grows wild, but was often found in the gardens of the Jews. In the fertile soil of Palestine i...
THE THREE OTHER PARABLES SPOKEN in public (Matthew 13:24-33), with the interpretation of the parable of the tares in private (Matthew 13:36-43). The Evangelist inserts, as is his habit, a prophecy ful...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The Evangelist has just represented our Lord in opposition to the Pharisees. (A few events probably intervened; see Luke 11-13.) Thus His claims as the Messiah came out more fully....
IS LIKE (ομοια εστιν). Adjective for comparison with associative instrumental as in Matthew 13:13; Matthew 13:44; Matthew 13:45; Matth...
ANOTHER PARABLE The parable of the Mustard Seed prefigures the rapid but unsubstantial growth of the mystery form of the kingdom from an insignificant beginning (Acts 1:15); (Acts 2:41); (1 Corinthia...
Matthew 13:3 The Parables of the Kingdom. I. Taking these seven parables all together, notice, first, the fact that our Lord, in describing the kingdom of heaven, did deliberately use many parables,...
Matthew 13:31 The Grain of Mustard Seed. There are very few of our Lord's parables that can be illustrated so fully, few that get so clear a confirmation from all experience, as this. And yet to acc...
Matthew 13:31 The Kingdom of God. I. Look first at the external progress of the kingdom as illustrated by the growth of the mustard seed. It is ever important to remember that Christianity, at first...
Matthew 13:24. _Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:_ Jesus never sowed any other kind of seed. The truth wh...
Matthew 13:24. _Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:_ He knew that it was good. It had been tested: it was u...
CONTENTS: Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. The sower, tares and wheat, grain of mustard seed, leaven, hid treasure, pearl, drag net. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Satan, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The pr...
Matthew 13:2. _He went into a ship._ A small vessel or boat, probably belonging to one of the disciples, several of whom were fishermen. Matthew 13:3. _He spake many things to them in parables._ On th...
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A MUSTARD SEED. Here the Kingdom is the seed. The round mustard seed was the smallest seed planted....
_The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, _ THE MUSTARD SEED I. The kingdom of heaven in the world is like a mustard seed sown in the ground, both in the smallness of its beginning...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 13:31 The MUSTARD SEED was the SMALLEST OF ALL agricultural SEEDS in Palestine. BECOMES A TREE. The mustard “tree” gro
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 13:1 The Messianic Kingdom Revealed in Parables. This is the third of Jesus’ five major teachings (see Introduction: Key Themes). It is a collection of parables....
JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED MATTHEW 13:31-32; MARK 4:30-32; LUKE 13:18-19; MATTHEW 13:31 Another parable put h
1-57 CHAPTER 13 At that time, &c. Syriac, _by the sea shore_ : When Christ, after His manner, had preached in the house, which He had hired for His dwelling in Capernaum, as I have said on c. iv. 13,...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 13:31. MUSTARD SEED.—It is disputed whether the allusion is to the _Sinapis_ or common mustard plant, or to the _Salvadora Persica_ of European botanists. Dean Plumptre sugges...
EXPOSITION A few remarks by way of introduction to the characteristic portion of this chapter (Matthew 13:1). (1) We have here a collection of the Lord's parables, all spoken, as it would appear, at...
Now as we enter into the thirteenth chapter, we come into the area of the parables that deal with the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. And in these we have more or less a key to all parables. And y...
Luke 13:18; Luke 13:19; Luke 19:11; Luke 20:9; Matthew 13:24;...
He proposed to them another parable — The former parables relate chiefly to unfruitful hearers; these that follow, to those who bear good fruit. The kingdom of heaven — Both the Gospel dispensation, a...
Did Jesus make a mistake when referring to the mustard seed as the smallest of all seeds? PROBLEM 1: Jesus said that the mustard seed was “the least of all the seeds.” However, today we know that the...
Our Saviour's design in this parable is, to shew how the gospel, from small and little, from unlikely and contemptible beginnings, shall spread and increase, fructify and grow up; like. mustard seed,...