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Verse 32. _WHICH INDEED IS THE LEAST OF ALL SEEDS_] That is, of all
those seeds which produce plants, whose stems and branches, according
to the saying of the botanists, are apt δενδριζειν,
_arboresce...
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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...
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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...
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WHICH, INDEED, IS THE LEAST OF ALL SEEDS.
The least of all the field or garden seeds sown in Palestine. Less in
proportion to the size which it obtains at its maturity.--_ P._ The
mustard-seed is not...
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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...
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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...
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THE LEAST. less indeed.
OF ALL SEEDS. Supply the Ellipsis from Matthew 13:31. "than all the
seeds [that. man sows in his field]".
IT IS GROWN. it shall or may have grown. This growth is contrary to...
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(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...
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_the least of all seeds_ Not absolutely the least, but least in
proportion to the plant that springs from the seed. Moreover the
mustard seed was used proverbially of anything excessively minute.
_lod...
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(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...
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ΜΙΚΡΌΤΕΡΟΝ ΠΆΝΤΩΝ ΤΩ͂Ν ΣΠΕΡΜΆΤΩΝ. Not
absolutely the least, but least in proportion to the plant that
springs from the seed. Moreover the mustard seed was used proverbially
of anything excessively min...
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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:...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is
the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of
the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
WHICH INDEED...
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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...
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Insignificant in its beginnings, founded by a supposed criminal in an
obscure province, directed by twelve Galileans of little wealth or
education, the Christian movement rapidly expanded into a world...
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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...
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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...
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THE LEAST OF ALL SEEDS. — The description is, of course, popular,
and need not be pressed with micro scopical exactness.
THE GREATEST AMONG HERBS. — More literally, _greater than the herbs_
— _i.e.,_...
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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...
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_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...
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ὃ, neuter, by attraction of σπερμάτων, instead of ὃν in
agreement with κόκκῳ, masculine. μικρότερον, not less
perhaps than all the seeds in the world. An American correspondent
sent me a sample of the...
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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...
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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...
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The least of all seeds. That is, it is one of the least seeds; but in
hot countries it is observed to grow to a considerable height, and to
become a bush or a little tree. (Witham) --- The gospel of C...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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WHICH INDEED IS THE LEAST OF ALL SEEDS,.... So mustard with the Jews
u, is called מין זרעים, "a kind of seeds"; and being very
small, hence כחרדל, "as a grain of mustard", is often used,
proverbially...
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Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is
the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of
the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Ver. 32. _Which...
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Mat. 13:32. "Which indeed is the least of all seeds; but when it is
grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that
the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Th...
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_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...
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A TREE; in that country the mustard grows much larger than it does in
this....
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Parable of the mustard seed:...
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WHICH INDEED IS THE LEAST OF ALL SEEDS; BUT WHEN IT IS GROWN, IT IS
THE GREATEST AMONG HERBS, AND BECOMETH A TREE, SO THAT THE BIRDS OF
THE AIR COME AND LODGE IN THE BRANCHES THEREOF.
He set before th...
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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...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 13:33"....
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Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Eighth
I said to him, "Sir, explain to me what this tree means, for I am
perplexed about it, because, after so many branches have been cut off,
it continues sound, and n...
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Matthew 13:32 which G3739 indeed G3303 is G2076 (G5748) least G3398
all G3956 seeds G4690 but G1161 when...
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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...
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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...
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‘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,...
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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,...
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Matthew 13:32. LESS THAN ALL SEEDS, i.e., those sown by the Jews.
GREATER THAN THE HERBS. The literal meaning leaves it uncertain
whether the plant referred to was itself an herb. The main point is...
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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...
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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....
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A TREE
(δενδρον). "Not in nature, but in size" (Bruce). "An excusable
exaggeration in popular discourse....
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BUT WHEN IT GROWS UP. It grew to as much as ten feet high. The Kingdom
of heaven was to begin small, then grow to include many crowds of
people (_see_ Acts 15:14-18_:_ Revelation 7:9-10)....
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_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...
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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
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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....
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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
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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,...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 1:15; Acts 21:20; Daniel 2:34; Daniel 2:35; Daniel 2:44;...
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The least — That is, one of the least: a way of speaking extremely
common among the Jews. It becometh a tree — In those countries it
grows exceeding large and high. So will the Christian doctrine spre...
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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...