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He put beforeπαρέθηκενthemαὐτοῖςanotherἌλληνparable,παραβολὴνsaying,λέγων“The kingdomἡ βασιλείαof heavenτῶν οὐρανῶνisἐστὶνlikeὉμοίαa grainκόκκῳof mustard,σινάπεωςwhichὃνa manἄνθρωποςtookλαβὼνand sowedἔσπειρενinἐνhisαὐτοῦfield;τῷ ἀγρῷ
Matthew 13:31
Study it in the app“He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field;”
As small as a mustard seed or a bit of leaven, yet it ends up largeThe Kingdom of God
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:31, word by word
- He put beforeπαρέθηκενparethēken
set before
To lay something before someone, like food.
Where else “parethēken” appears- anotherἌλληνAllēn
other, another
Other, another.
Where else “Allēn” appears- parableπαραβολὴνparabolēn
parable
A story from daily life that teaches about God.
Where else “parabolēn” appears- sayingλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- “The kingdomβασιλείαbasileia
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileia” appears- of heavenοὐρανῶνouranōn
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranōn” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- likeὉμοίαHomoia
like
Like, similar.
Where else “Homoia” appears- a grainκόκκῳkokkōi
grain, seed
Grain, seed.
Where else “kokkōi” appears- of mustardσινάπεωςsinapeōs
mustard
Mustard, a plant with a tiny seed that grows very large.
Where else “sinapeōs” appears- a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- tookλαβὼνlabōn
take
To grasp something in the hand, or take it from someone.
Where else “labōn” appears- and sowedἔσπειρενespeiren
sow
Sow.
Where else “espeiren” appears- fieldἀγρῷagrōi
field
Land that is sown or worked and belongs to someone.
Where else “agrōi” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The mustard seed
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Matthew 13:31-32
31He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field; 32it is smaller than all the seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”
30And he was saying, “How shall we compare the kingdom of God, or in what parable shall we put it? 31It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds that are on the earth; 32and when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest under its shade.”
18So he was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? 19It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and put in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”
The context
30Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the darnel first and tie it in bundles to burn it, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
31 · This verse (above)
32it is smaller than all the seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”
To study Matthew 13 in a group
1. What it says
On which four kinds of ground did the sower's seed fall (vv. 4–8)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus teach the crowds in parables (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
In the sower's parable, worry can choke the word (v. 22). What chokes it most in your day?