Matthew 13:31-35
The Mustard Seed and the Leaven
31 He put another parable before them, saying, (A)“The kingdom of heaven is like (B)a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
33 He told them another parable. (C)“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in (D)three measures of flour, till it was (E)all leavened.”
Prophecy and Parables
34 (F)All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[a]
(G)“I will open my mouth in parables;
(H)I will utter what has been hidden (I)since the foundation of the world.”
Cross references:
- Matthew 13:31 : For ver. 31, 32, see Mark 4:30-32; Luke 13:18, 19
- Matthew 13:31 : ch. 17:20; Luke 17:6
- Matthew 13:33 : Luke 13:20, 21
- Matthew 13:33 : Gen. 18:6
- Matthew 13:33 : 1 Cor. 5:6; Gal. 5:9
- Matthew 13:34 : ver. 3; Mark 4:33, 34; [John 16:25, 29]
- Matthew 13:35 : Cited from Ps. 78:2
- Matthew 13:35 : [ver. 11; Rom. 16:25, 26; 1 Cor. 2:7]
- Matthew 13:35 : ch. 25:34; Luke 11:50; [John 17:24; Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20]
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