Matthew 13:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

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  • Mark 4:30-32 : 30 And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds on the earth; 32 but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.
  • Luke 13:18-19 : 18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 He put another parable before them: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
  • Matt 17:20 : 20 And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there; and it shall move; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
  • Luke 17:6 : 6 And the Lord said, If you had faith as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, Be uprooted and be planted in the sea; and it would obey you.
  • Luke 20:9 : 9 Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to tenant farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.
  • Luke 19:11 : 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought the kingdom of God would immediately appear.

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  • Matt 13:23-30
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    23But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.

    24He put another parable before them: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

    25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

    26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

    27The owner's servants came to him and said, Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?

    28He replied, An enemy did this. The servants asked him, Do you want us to go and pull them up?

    29No, he answered, because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.

    30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.

  • Luke 13:18-21
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    18Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

    19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.

    20And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

    21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.

  • Mark 4:30-33
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    30And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?

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

    32but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.

    33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

  • Matt 13:32-34
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    32Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.

    33He told them still another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.

    34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

  • Matt 13:3-5
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    3And He told them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5Some fell on rocky places, where there was not much soil, and they immediately sprang up because the soil was shallow.

  • Mark 4:26-27
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    26And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

    27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he does not know how.

  • Matt 13:36-40
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    36Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.

    37He answered, The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

    38The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,

    39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

    40As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

  • Matt 13:43-45
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    43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.

    44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

    45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18Listen then to what the parable of the sower means.

    19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

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

  • Matt 13:47
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    47Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

  • Mark 4:3
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    3Listen; behold, a sower went out to sow:

  • Luke 17:6
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    6And the Lord said, If you had faith as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, Be uprooted and be planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

  • Matt 21:33
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    33Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and hedged it around, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and leased it to vine dressers, and went into a far country.

  • Mark 4:14
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    14The sower sows the word.

  • Matt 13:7-8
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    7Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

    8But others fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

  • Matt 25:14
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    14For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.

  • Luke 8:9
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    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

  • Matt 20:1
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    1For the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

  • Mark 13:28
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    28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when its branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near:

  • Matt 22:2
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    2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who prepared a wedding for his son,