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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.
Parable - The Leaven by John Everett Millais, ca.1860, Aberdeen Art Gallery. Ben Witherington suggests that this parable is part of a pair, [4] and shares its meaning with the preceding parable, that of the mustard seed, namely the powerful growth of the Kingdom of God from small beginnings. [2]
The Mote and the Beam is a parable of Jesus given in the Sermon on the Mount [1] in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 7, verses 1 to 5. The discourse is fairly brief, and begins by warning his followers of the dangers of judging others, stating that they too would be judged by the same standard.
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?" is not ...
Seed-faith This is the teaching that the things received by faith start with a seed. [1] [22] The name "seed-faith" comes from the Bible verse Matthew 17:20, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there', and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." Oral Roberts originally called ...
Chrysostom: "The foregoing parables of the leaven, and the grain of mustard-seed, are referred to the power of the Gospel preaching, which has subdued the whole world; in order to show its value and splendour, He now puts forth parables concerning a pearl and a treasure, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field. For ...
The New King James Version organises it as follows (with cross references to other parts of the Bible): Luke 13:1–5 = Repent or Perish; Luke 13:6–9 = The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (Jeremiah 8:13) Luke 13:10–17 = A Spirit of Infirmity; Luke 13:18–19 = The Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew 13:31–32; Mark 4:30–32)
The scholars of the Seminar noted parallels with the parable of the leaven, which immediately precedes the parable of the empty jar in the Gospel of Thomas and the parable of the mustard seed: in all three the kingdom starts with something "unnoticed or unexpected or modest". However, the work of the Jesus Seminar has been criticized by other ...