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Matthew 13:32 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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.” "

Matthew 13:32

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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.”

34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,

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Related Verses

Mark 4:32

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"yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”"

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Luke 13:19

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"It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”"

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Mark 4:4

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"As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it."

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Luke 8:5

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"“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it."

Speaks to the same theme

Ezekiel 31:6

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"All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs. Under its branches, all the animals of the field gave birth to their young. All great nations lived under its shadow."

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Daniel 4:12

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"Its leaves were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it."

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Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY) and Bible Guided Semantic Search

From This Chapter

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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