
The Kingdom of Heaven is like…a mustard seed
“He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and […]
“He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches” (Matthew 13:31-32). Now, we’ve already seen the words of the kingdom compared to seeds in general. Here, it is the kingdom of heaven itself compared to a specific seed – the smallest of all – that someone planted in his field. We also saw earlier that this “someone” is the kingdom of heaven and that the kingdom of heaven is Jesus; the kingdom of heaven is thus the seed and the sower. (more…)
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