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., belonging to a higher order of vegetation.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
(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...
(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...
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...
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...
О (G3739) которое, относится к зерну, но ср. род использован вследствие языковой аттракции (EGT). ΜΙΚΡΌΤΕΡΟΝ _сотр. от_ ΜΙΚΡΌΣ (G3398) маленький, ΣΠΕΡΜΆΤΩΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΣΠΈΡΜΑ (G4690) семя. _Gen. с...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
A TREE; in that country the mustard grows much larger than it does in this....
Parable of the mustard seed:...
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...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 13:33"....
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...
Matthew 13:32 which G3739 indeed G3303 is G2076 (G5748) least G3398 all G3956 seeds G4690 but G1161 when...
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 13:32. 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...
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....
A TREE (δενδρον). "Not in nature, but in size" (Bruce). "An excusable exaggeration in popular discourse....
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...
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)....
_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 13:1 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....
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
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...
Acts 1:15; Acts 21:20; Daniel 2:34; Daniel 2:35; Daniel 2:44;...
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...
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...