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The Parable of the Mustard Seed is one of the shorter parables of Jesus. It appears in Matthew ( 13 :31–32), Mark ( 4 :30–32), and Luke ( 13 :18–19). In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, it is immediately followed by the Parable of the Leaven , which shares this parable's theme of the Kingdom of Heaven growing from small beginnings.
A version of the parable also occurs in the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas 20. [22] The plant referred to here is generally considered to be black mustard, a large annual plant up to 9 feet (2.7 m) tall, [23] but growing from a proverbially small seed: [23] this smallness is also used to refer to faith in Matthew 17:20 and Luke 17:6.
Bill Hutto and Jesus Gomez say those parables or stories illustrated morals or spiritual lessons and they still have universal applications. They're in Matthew 13:31-33, Mark 4:30-32 and Luke 13: ...
Matthew 13 presents seven parables, [4] and two explanations of his parables. Overall, the verses in this chapter can be divided into groups (with cross references to parallel sections in the other gospels): 1-3: introduce Jesus preaching in a boat; 3-9: Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1–20; Luke 8:4–15) 10-17: Reason for Parables
The first parable Mark relates is the parable of the sower, with Jesus perhaps speaking of himself as a sower or farmer, [4] and the seed as his word. Johann Bengel refers to Christ as the sower, along with others who proclaim the gospel, [5] but the Jamieson, Fausset and Brown commentary notes that the question, "who is the sower?"
The mustard seed is frequently referenced in world literature, including in religious texts, as a metaphor for something small or insignificant. In the Bible, Jesus tells the Parable of the Mustard Seed referring to faith and the Kingdom of God. There, Jesus says, “The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which is the ...
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The third discourse in Matthew 13 (verses 1-52) provides several parables for the Kingdom of Heaven and is often called the Parabolic Discourse. [5] The first part of this discourse, in Matthew 13:1-35 takes place outside when Jesus leaves a house and sits near the Lake to address the disciples as well as the multitudes of people who have ...