Matthew 13:31-35

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[b]

Cross References 9

  • 1. S ver 24
  • 2. Matthew 17:20; Luke 17:6
  • 3. Psalms 104:12; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 31:6; Daniel 4:12
  • 4. S ver 24
  • 5. Genesis 18:6
  • 6. Galatians 5:9
  • 7. Mark 4:33; S John 16:25
  • 8. ver 14; S Matthew 1:22
  • 9. Psalms 78:2; Romans 16:25,26; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:26

Footnotes 2

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