Mǎtaìfúyīn 13:31

31 Tā yòu shè ge bǐyù duì tāmen shuō , tiānguó hǎoxiàng yī lì jiècaì gaìcaì zhǒng , yǒu rén ná qù zhǒng zaì tián lǐ .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 13:31 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 13:31

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 the large increase and growth of it, and its great usefulness to the saints.

The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a
man took and sowed in his field:
by "the kingdom of heaven" is meant, as before, the Gospel dispensation, or the Gospel church state, and the ministry of the word, and the administration of ordinances in it: by the grain of mustard seed, either the Gospel, or the people of God, or the grace of God in them; and by the man that took and sowed it, the Lord Jesus Christ; and by his field, in which he sowed it, the world, or his church throughout the world.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 13:31 In-Context

29 Zhǔrén shuō , bú bì , kǒngpà hāo baìzǐ , lián maìzi yĕ bá chūlai .

30 Zhè liǎngyàng yī qí zhǎng , dĕng zhe shōugē . dāng shōugē de shíhou , wǒ yào duì shōugē de rén shuō , xiān jiāng baìzǐ hāo chūlai , kún chéng kún , liú zhe shāo . wéiyǒu maìzi , yào shōu zaì cāng lǐ .

31 Tā yòu shè ge bǐyù duì tāmen shuō , tiānguó hǎoxiàng yī lì jiècaì gaìcaì zhǒng , yǒu rén ná qù zhǒng zaì tián lǐ .

32 Zhè yuán shì bǎi zhǒng lǐ zuì xiǎo de . dĕng dào zhǎng qǐlai , què bǐ gèyàng de caì dōu dà , qiĕ chéng le shù . tiān shang de fēiniǎo lái sù zaì tāde zhī shang .

33 Tā yòu duì tāmen jiǎng ge bǐyù shuō , tiānguó hǎoxiàng miànjiào , yǒu fùrén ná lái , cáng zaì sān dǒu miàn lǐ , zhí dĕng quán tuán dōu fāqǐ lái .