The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : 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... The baptist Magazine - Page 3151832Full view - About this book
| Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 536 pages
...world, by the following similitudes. " The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : Which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among heibs, and becometh a tree ; so that the birds of the air come and... | |
| Richard Hurd - 1811 - 432 pages
...is that parable of our Lord applied to the kingdom of heaven — . the kingdom of heaven, says he, is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in hisjield : which indeed is the least of all seeds; but when, it is grown, it is th« greatest among... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...bringcth forth, some an hundred fold, some sixty, some thirtv. LESSON X-XXL* Matthew, Chap. 13. 24 ANOTHER parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in' his field ; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed... | |
| Richard Hurd - 1811 - 436 pages
...of heaven, says he, is like to •a grain of mustard-seed, ichich a man took and sowed in hisjield: which indeed is the least of all •seeds; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and beconteth a tree : so that the birds of the air come and... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 506 pages
...The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field 5 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... | |
| 1812 - 292 pages
...the Jewish church, represented it in his usual method, by a parable. See St. Mat. xiii. 24, 25, &c. " Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field : but while men slept his enemy came and sowed... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1813 - 638 pages
...these formed the germ, from which a flourishing church soon arose. " The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed...indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grows, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomcth a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge... | |
| Claudius Buchanan - 1813 - 230 pages
...likened the kingdom of heaven:—' The kingdom of ' heaven is like unto a grain of Mustard Seed, which a man ' took and sowed in his field; 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... | |
| Joanna Southcott - 1813 - 626 pages
...being with child ? In thy heart thou answerest, none.— " Now come to my Gospel: Matthew xiii. 31. " Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of i" Know what I said in my Gospel: " If ye lud faithi as a grain of mustard-seed, ye shall -«ay unto... | |
| John Fleetwood - 1813 - 558 pages
...notwithstanding it would in the beginning be opposed by the learned, the richj and the powerful. " The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. 76 AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown,... | |
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