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Another story. "God's kingdom is like a pine nut that a farmer plants.
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It is quite small as seeds go, but in the course of years it grows into a huge pine tree, and eagles build nests in it."
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Another story. "God's kingdom is like yeast that a woman works into the dough for dozens of loaves of barley bread - and waits while the dough rises."
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All Jesus did that day was tell stories - a long storytelling afternoon.
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His storytelling fulfilled the prophecy: I will open my mouth and tell stories; I will bring out into the open things hidden since the world's first day.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.