This week will be two parables, parables 16 and 17, as they fit together. They are found in Matthew 13:44 for parable 16 and parable 17 is Matthew 13:46 – 46. They speak of the incomparable value of the kingdom of God. Both of these parables has identical meanings. Both picture salvation as something hidden …
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This week’s parable number 15 is a short one, found in Matthew 13:33. It is also found in Luke 13:20 – 21 He 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.” Matthew …
Mark 4:30-32 is the parable of the mustard seed which also appears in Matthew 13:31-32 as well as Luke 13:18-19. The Parable of the Mustard Seed 30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which …
This week is Parable 13, The Growing Seed found in Mark 4:26 – 29. This parable is told right after the parable of a Lamp on a Stand was told, as part of Parable 6. Here is what was the closing paragraph of that blog about parable 6. Do you think you have heard the …
Enjoy this special day with those you love. Ken Saathoff
