The Mustard Seed

Illustration of The Mustard Seed

Jesus used the tiny mustard seed to teach great truths about the kingdom of God and about faith. Though it is the least of seeds, it grows into a tree where birds nest - a picture of the kingdom's small beginnings and vast growth. And faith 'as a grain of mustard seed,' Jesus said, could move mountains. Great things grow from small, living beginnings.

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Matthew 13

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The Grain of Mustard Seed

Matthew 13:31-32

The tiny mustard seed grows into the greatest of herbs - a picture of the kingdom's humble beginnings and vast growth.

A31nother parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

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Did You Know?

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Jesus called it the smallest of seeds, growing into the greatest of herbs.

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Faith 'as a grain of mustard seed' could move mountains.

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It pictures the kingdom's tiny start and enormous growth.

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Birds nesting in its branches suggest the nations finding shelter.