31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
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Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? …
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? …
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-43)In these verses, we have, I. Another reason given why Christ preached by parables, Matt. 13:34 , 35 . All these things he spoke in parables , because the time was not yet come for the more clear and plain discoveries of the mysteries of the kingdom. Christ, to keep the people attending and expecting, preached in parables, and without a parable spake he not unto them ; namely, at this time and in t…
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