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THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE....
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE...
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HE PROPOSED ANOTHER PARABLE TO THEM. "THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A MUSTARD SEED THAT A PERSON TOOK AND SOWED IN A FIELD. IT IS THE SMALLEST OF ALL THE SEEDS, YET WHEN FULL GROWN IT IS THE LARGEST OF PLANTS. IT BECOMES A LARGE BUSH, AND THE "BIRDS OF THE SKY COME AND DWELL IN ITS BRANCHES"
HE SPOKE TO THEM ANOTHER PARABLE. "THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE YEAST THAT A WOMAN TOOK AND MIXED WITH THREE MEASURES OF WHEAT FLOUR UNTIL THE WHOLE BATCH WAS LEAVENED".
HE SAID,"THIS IS HOW IT IS WITH THE KINGDOM OF GOD; IT IS AS IF A MAN WERE TO SCATTER SEED ON THE LAND AND WOULD SLEEP AND RISE NIGHT AND DAY AND THE SEED WOULD SPROUT AND GROW, HE KNOWS NOT HOW. OF ITS OWN ACCORD THE LAND YIELDS FRUIT, FIRST THE BLADE, THEN THE EAR, THEN THE FULL GRAIN IN THE EAR. AND WHEN THE GRAIN IS RIPE, HE WIELDS THE SICKLE AT ONCE, FOR THE HARVEST HAS COME."
AT THE TIME THE DISCIPLES APPROACH JESUS AND SAID, "WHO IS THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN?" HE CALLED A CHILD OVER, BRING IT IN THEIR MIDST, AND SAID, "AMEN, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS YOU TURN AND BECOME LIKE CHILDREN, YOU WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. WHOEVER HUMBLES HIMSELF LIKE THIS CHILD IS THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. AND WHOEVER RECEIVES ONE CHILD SUCH AS THIS IN MY NAME RECEIVES ME."
