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Mustard Seed
The mustard seed is the seed of the mustard plant. In the Gospels, Jesus uses it as the classic example of something very small when teaching about the growth of the kingdom of God and about faith.
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- Parable of the Mustard SeedBible
The Parable of the Mustard Seed is a parable of Jesus that likens the kingdom of God to a tiny mustard seed that grows large enough for birds to lodge in its branches. It appears in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
- Parable of the Growing SeedBible
The Parable of the Growing Seed is a parable of Jesus found only in Mark 4:26–29. It describes the kingdom of God through the image of seed sown in the ground that grows, without the sower knowing how, until the harvest.
- Mark 4Bible
Mark 4 records Jesus teaching parables about the kingdom of God by the Sea of Galilee, including the parables of the sower, the seed growing secretly, and the mustard seed. It also records his calming of a storm while crossing the sea by boat.
- Parable of the LeavenBible
The Parable of the Leaven is a short parable in which Jesus likens the kingdom of God to "leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." It appears in Matthew 13 and Luke 13.
- Parable of the NetBible
The Parable of the Net is a parable in Matthew 13:47-50 in which Jesus likens the kingdom of heaven to a net that gathers fish of every kind. It teaches about judgment, declaring that at the end of the world the angels will separate the wicked from among the just.