Is like (ομοια εστιν). Adjective for comparison with associative instrumental as in 13:13,44,45,47,52.

Grain of mus…

The kingdom of heaven.

The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed — The two parables that follow are left without an explanation, as though to…

Mustard seed is the least of all seeds in proportion to what comes from it, but it has a special life in it and therefore it produces such great gr…

The mustard seed is “the smallest of all your seeds,” but it becomes a large tree—large in comparison with the tiny seed and large enough for birds…

By these parables, Christ encourages His disciples not to be offended and turn back on account of the humble beginnings of the Gospel. We see how a…

Another parable he put forth unto them, saying
As the former parable sets forth the condition of the Gospel church s…

The purpose of the parable of the seed sown is to show that the beginnings of the gospel would be small, but its eventual outcome would be a great …

Previously, the Lord showed the obstacles to the Gospel's teaching through two parables. However, because someone might say: ‘If the teaching is hi…