Matthew 13:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

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  • Mark 4:30-32 : 30 And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth, 32 But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.
  • Luke 13:18-19 : 18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
  • Matt 17:20 : 20 And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.
  • Luke 17:6 : 6 And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.
  • Luke 20:9 : 9 And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.
  • Luke 19:11 : 11 And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

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  • Matt 13:23-30
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    23And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

    24And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

    25But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

    26But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

    27And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

    28And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

    29But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

    30Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

  • Luke 13:18-21
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    18Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

    19It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

    20And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

    21It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.

  • Mark 4:30-33
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    30And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

    31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

    32But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

    33And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

  • Matt 13:32-34
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    32Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

    33Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

    34All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

  • Matt 13:3-5
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    3And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

    4And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

    5And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

  • Mark 4:26-27
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    26And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

    27And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.

  • Matt 13:36-40
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    36Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

    37And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

    38And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

    39And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

    40As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.

  • Matt 13:43-45
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    43Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

    44The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

    45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

    19When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

  • Luke 8:11
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    11Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

  • Matt 13:47
    77%

    47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

  • Luke 8:5
    76%

    5A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

  • Mark 4:3
    76%

    3A man went out to put seed in the earth:

  • Luke 17:6
    75%

    6And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

  • Mark 12:1
    74%

    1And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

  • Matt 21:33
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    33Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

  • Mark 4:14
    73%

    14The seed is the word.

  • Matt 13:7-8
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    7And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

    8And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

  • Matt 25:14
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    14For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

  • Luke 8:9
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    9And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

  • Matt 20:1
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    1For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.

  • Mark 13:28
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    28Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

  • Matt 22:2
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    2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,