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See the notes at Matthew 13:31....
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Teaching by the Seaside. The Parable of the Sower. (Mark 4:1.
Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4 .)_
2. The Word to shine forth in testimony. (Mar
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The teaching in parables to the multitude is now resumed, and two
further examples are given, those of the seed growing secretly and the
mustard seed. The first is peculiar to Mk. Loisy interprets it...
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He said: "How shall we find something with which to compare the
Kingdom of God, or what picture will we use to represent it? It is
like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the ground,...
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TEACHING IN PARABLES (Mark 4:1-2)...
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GROWETH UP. Divine supplement here.
SHOOTETH OUT. makes.
THE AIR. the heaven. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.
Occurs only in Mark....
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30. _Whereunto shall we liken_ This method of asking a question before
beginning a discourse was not unknown to the Rabbis. See the parallel
in Luke 13:18....
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_great branches_ In hot countries, as in Judæa, the mustard-tree
attains a great size. Thomson, _Land and the Book_, p. 414, tells us
he has seen it on the rich plain of Akkâr as tall as the horse and...
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30–32. THE MUSTARD SEED
Matthew 13:31-32; Luke 13:18-19...
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ΠΆΝΤΩΝ ΤΩ͂Ν ΛΑΧΆΝΩΝ. More accurate than Lk., who says
that it becomes a δένδρον. Lk. (Luke 11:42) gives λάχανα
as the class to which ἡδύοσμον and πήγανον belong; St
Paul (Romans 14:2), as the food whi...
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_JESUS SPOKE ABOUT CANDLES AND SEED MARK 4:21-34:_ Often we act much
more foolish in our spiritual lives than we would ever consider doing
in our physical lives. Men would never light a candle to prod...
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ΜΕΊΖΟΝ (G3187) _сотр. от_ ΜΈΓΑΣ (G3173)
большой. _Сотр._ используется как superl.
ΛΑΧΆΝΩΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΛΆΧΑΝΟΝ (G3001)
растение, овощ, _gen._ сравнения,
ΠΟΙΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) де...
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DISCOURSE: 1424
THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD-SEED
Mark 4:30. And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God?
or with what comparison shall we compare it? it is like a grain of
mustard-seed, which, w...
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GREATER THAN ALL HERBS,— The original means, _Larger than other
plants of the pulse kind._...
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_SUMMARY 4:1-34_
In the parables of this section, especially in those of the sower, the
seed and the mustard seed, the prophetic power of Jesus is clearly
exhibited. Without superhuman foresight he co...
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F. THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED. 4:30-32.
_TEXT 4:30-32_
An he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable
shall we set it forth? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, wh...
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And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with
what comparison shall we compare it? And he said, Whereunto shall we
liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compa...
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10-13 Compare Mat_13:10-17; Luk_8:9-10.
11 The kingdom of God had been foretold and typified in their sacred
Scriptures, but now the
Lord is unfolding a phase of its history which was unknown to the...
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PARABLE OF THE SOWER. STILLING THE TEMPEST
1-9. Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4). See on Mt....
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THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED (Matthew 13:31; Luke 13:18). See on Mt.
33, 34. Matthew 13:34; Matthew 13:35. See on...
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CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL
_KEITH SIMONS_
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CHAPTER 4
THE STORY ABOUT THE SEEDS
VERSES 1-9
Every farmer knows that he must plant his s...
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(31-32) IT IS LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED. — See Notes on Matthew
13:31. Slight variations in this report are (1) the “great
branches,” and (2) the birds lodging “under the shadow” of the
tree....
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CHAPTER 4:30-34 (MARK 4:30)
THE MUSTARD SEED
"And He said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what
parable shall we set it forth? It is like a grain of mustard seed,
which, when it is sown...
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μεῖζον π. τ. λαχάνων, the greatest of all the herbs,
still only an herb; no word of a tree here as in Matthew and Luke,
though comparatively tree-like in size, making great boughs
(κλάδους μεγάλους),...
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_The Mustard Seed_ (Matthew 13:31-32; Luke 13:18-19)....
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GROWTH IN GOD'S KINGDOM
Mark 4:10-41
How quick the Master was to observe the meaning of natural symbols! To
Him all things were unfoldings of eternal mystery, and the ways of men
unconsciously mirror...
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In verses Mark 4:1; Mark 4:10, we have the explanation of the reason
of the parabolic teaching of Jesus. He clothed divine truth in picture
forms that men might more easily look upon it and learn it,...
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THE PROGRESSIVE GRACE IN THE HEART
Mark 4:26-34. “And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God as if a man
may cast seed upon the ground, and he may sleep, and it springs up,
night and day, and the seed ge...
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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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(30) And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with
what comparison shall we compare it? (31) _It is_ like a grain of
mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than...
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It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in
touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for
the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
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This introduces the true character and result of His own service, and
all the history of the service that should be accomplished unto a far
distant future; as well as the responsibility of His discipl...
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BUT WHEN IT IS SOWN, IT GROWETH UP,.... So the Gospel, when it was
preached, it spread notwithstanding all the opposition made against it
by, the Jews and Gentiles: there was no stopping it; though th...
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But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all
herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air
may lodge under the shadow of it.
Ver. 32. _See Trapp on "_ Mat...
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_Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God_, &c. See notes on
Matthew 13:31. _He spake the word unto them as they were able to hear
it_ Adapting it to the capacity of his hearers, and speaking as
pl...
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Parable of the mustard-seed. Matthew 13:31-32....
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Parable of the grain of mustard-seed:...
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BUT WHEN IT IS SOWN, IT GROWETH UP, AND BECOMETH GREATER THAN ALL
HERBS, AND SHOOTETH OUT GREAT BRANCHES, SO THAT THE FOWLS OF THE AIR
MAY LODGE UNDER THE SHADOW OF IT.
It is not a matter of indiffere...
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His teaching now at the seaside corresponds to Matthew 13:1, but only
two of the seven parables in Matthew are mentioned here, for Matthew
gives a full dispensational picture, while Mark dwells simply...
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TITLE: The Mustard Seed TEXT: Mark 4:30-32 PROPOSITION: God intends
for the Kingdom to grow. QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Applications
SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION:
1. This short parable is an im...
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21-34 These declarations were intended to call the attention of the
disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they
were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not...
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Mark 4:32 but G2532 when G3752 sown G4687 (G5652) up G305 (G5719) and
G2532 becomes G1096 ...
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THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED (4:30-32).
The grain of mustard seed was a favourite illustration of Jesus
(Matthew 13:31; Matthew 17:20; Luke 13:19; Luke 17
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TWO PARABLES EMPHASISING NEW BIRTH AND GROWTH (4:26-32).
Jesus follow up the parable of the sower with two parables about new
birth and growth. In these the seed of the word is sown, and it
produces n...
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THE MESSAGE OF THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD WILL NOW BE SPREAD WIDELY AND
WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT FRUIT (4:1-34).
As we have already seen the Gospel began with Jesus Christ as God's
beloved Son and has gradua...
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Mark 4:30-34. THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD-SEED. See on Matthew
13:31-35; comp. Luke 13:18-19....
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ON PARABLES, see the note on Matthew 13:1-52. In his report of the
discourse in parables, Mark gives but three, one of them not mentioned
elsewhere. Each independently chose these out of the many utte...
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Mark 4:32. SHOOTETH OUT GREAT BRANCHES. Lit, ‘maketh.' Peculiar to
Mark. This parable, setting forth the wonderful extension of the
kingdom of God, is an appropriate close to the selections made by ou...
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GROWETH UP
(αναβαινε). Matthew 13:32 WHEN IT IS GROWN (οταν
αυξηθη).UNDER THE SHADOW THEREOF
(υπο την σκιαν αυτου). A different picture from
Matthew'sIN THE BRANCHES THEREOF
(εν τοις κλαδοις αυτ...
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Mark 4:26
Christ's Idea of Christianity.
I. The kingdom of God, or the beginning of a truly religious life in
the soul of a man, may be obscure, imperceptible and unconscious. When
a man is building...
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Mark 4:30
I. Observe the minuteness of the seed which is ordinarily first
deposited by God's Spirit in man's heart. If you examine the records
of Christian biography, you will find, so far as it is po...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the sower. Parable of the candle. Parable of the
mustard seed. Jesus stills the storm.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, disciples.
CONCLUSION: The present age is a time for missions an...
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Mark 4:12. _That seeing they may see, and not perceive._ St. Luke
gives the true sense of these words, which often occur. Acts 28:26.
They mark, according to Dr. Lightfoot, the obduracy which fell on...
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_It is like a grain of mustard seed._
THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED
In the parable before us, the unity of the kingdom becomes
conspicuous, the individuality of its members subordinate. The figure...
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MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:30 A third PARABLE teaches that the KINGDOM of
God begins in a small and unnoticed way, which is not what the people
expected (see note on vv. 26–29). A...
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MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:1 Mark provides several examples of Jesus
teaching in parables. To the hard-hearted, parables are a warning; to
those who are open-hearted, they illustrate principles of the
messia...
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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 4 1 _The parable of the sower_, 14 _and the meaning thereof_.
21 _We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others_. 26 _The
parable of the seed growing secretly_, 30 _and of the musta...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 4:30_
(PARALLELS: Matthew 13:31; Luke 13:18.)
_The rise and progress of Christianity_.—
I. CHRISTIANITY IS INSIGNIFICANT IN ITS BEGINNING.—
1. Its Founder a...
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EXPOSITION
MARK 4:1
AND AGAIN HE BEGAN TO TEACH BY THE SEASIDE. This return to the
seaside is mentioned by St. Mark only. From this time our Lord's
teaching began to be more public. The room and the...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the gospel according to Mark,
chapter 4.
Beginning in chapter 4, we have the beginning of the ministry of
Christ in parables. There is often times a mistaken opinion...
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Daniel 4:10; Daniel 4:20; Ezekiel 31:3; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 32:2;...
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Groweth up. Mark only.
Herbs [τ ω ν λ α χ α ν ω ν]. Rev., rightly, the herbs; those
which people are wont to plant in their gardens. The word denotes
garden - or pot - herbs, as distinguished from wi...
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GETTING WHAT YOU GIVE
Mark 4:24
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There are many "as" and "sos" in the "Word of God. These cover various
lines of consideration. Let us suggest one or two of these before we
take u...