301And He said, "How shall we 2picture the kingdom of God, or by whatparable shall we present it?
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"It is like a mustardseed, which, whensown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,
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yetwhen it is sown, it grows up and becomeslarger than all the gardenplants and formslargebranches; so that 3THE BIRDS OF THE AIRcanNESTUNDER ITS SHADE."
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With manysuchparables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;
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and He did not speak to them 4without a parable; but He was 5explainingeverythingprivately* to His owndisciples.
Jesus Stills the Sea
356On that day, when eveningcame, He said to them, "Let us goover to the otherside."
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Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them 7in the boat, just as He was; and otherboats were with Him.
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And there arose a fiercegale of wind, and the waves were breakingover the boatso much that the boat was alreadyfilling up.
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Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"
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And He got up and 8rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Hush, be still." And the winddieddown and it becameperfectlycalm.
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And He said to them, "Why are you afraid? 9Do you still havenofaith?"