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Matthew 13:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field, "
Matthew 13:31
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29 “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
31 He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field,
32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”
33 He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
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Matthew 13:1
"On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside."
Matthew 13:2
"Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach."
Matthew 13:3
"He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow."
Matthew 13:4
"As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them."
Matthew 13:5
"Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth."
Matthew 13:6
"When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away."
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