Read Matthew 13:31-33 and 44-52
31 Jesus
told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man takes a
mustard seed and sows it in his field. 32It is the smallest of all
seeds, but when it grows up, it is the biggest of all plants. It becomes a
tree, so that birds come and make their nests in its branches.”
33 Jesus
told them still another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A woman
takes some yeast and mixes it with forty litres of flour until the whole batch
of dough rises.”
44 “The
Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man happens to find a treasure hidden in a
field. He covers it up again, and is so happy that he goes and sells everything
he has, and then goes back and buys that field.
45 “Also,
the Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man is looking for fine pearls, 46and
when he finds one that is unusually fine, he goes and sells everything he has,
and buys that pearl.
47 “Also,
the Kingdom of heaven is like this. Some fishermen throw their net out in the
lake and catch all kinds of fish. 48When the net is full, they pull
it to shore and sit down to divide the fish: the good ones go into their
buckets, the worthless ones are thrown away. 49It will be like this
at the end of the age: the angels will go out and gather up the evil people
from among the good 50and will throw them into the fiery furnace,
where they will cry and grind their teeth.
51 “Do
you understand these things?” Jesus asked them.
“Yes,”
they answered.
52 So
he replied, “This means, then, that every teacher of the Law who becomes a
disciple in the Kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who takes new
and old things out of his storeroom.”
Think
Today we pick up some of the
'seed' stories that were left out imbetween the parable of the wheat and the
weeds and the parable of the seeds.
The tiniest seed can make the
biggest difference.
We also read parables about
great sacrifice for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven.
Pray
God help me to plant seeds
for the sake of your kingdom; and when following you is more difficult than
just planting seeds - remind me what the kingdom is worth.
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