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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...
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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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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
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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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_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...
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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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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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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...
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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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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,...
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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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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...
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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 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...
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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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σινάπεως : from σίναπι, late for νάπν in Attic,
which Phryn. recommends to be used instead (Lobeck, 288)....
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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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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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(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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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:
Ver. 31. _Is like to a grain of mustard seed_] "Whi...
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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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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....
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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;...
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Parable of the mustard seed:...
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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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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...
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Matthew 13:31 Another G243 parable G3850 forth G3908 (G5656) them G846
saying G3004 (G5723) kingdom G932 heaven...
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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 13:31. 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...
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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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IS LIKE
(ομοια εστιν). Adjective for comparison with associative
instrumental as in Matthew 13:13; Matthew 13:44; Matthew 13:45; Matth...
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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...
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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 13:31
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 13:31
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 13:24. _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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THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A MUSTARD SEED. Here the Kingdom is the
seed. The round mustard seed was the smallest seed planted....
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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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Luke 13:18; Luke 13:19; Luke 19:11; Luke 20:9; Matthew 13:24;...
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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...
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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...
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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,...