 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 and...  The Methodist Magazine - Page 4631823Full view - About this book
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 pages
...took, anil sowed in Ilia field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is ¡crown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. i 33^ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of he* yen is like unto leaven, •which a woman... | |
 | 1828 - 828 pages
...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 ;...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. S3 II Another parable spake he unto them ; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...like to a grain of mustard-seed, 1V- 30- which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed 32 is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. of the leaven. ANOTHER parable spake he unto them : The kingdom 33 of heaven is like unto leaven, which... | |
 | Classical philology - 1829 - 398 pages
...and sowed in the earth ; which indeed,' said he, ' is the least of all seeds, but, when it is grown, is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.' This expression will not seem strange, says Sjr Thomas Browne, if we recollect that the mustard-seed,... | |
 | Classical philology - 1829 - 478 pages
...and sowed in the earth ; which indeed,' said he, ' is the least of all seeds, but, when it is grown, is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.' This expression will not seem strange, says Sir ThoBrowne, if we recollect that the mustard-seed, though... | |
 | John Fleetwood - Apostles - 1831 - 676 pages
...learned, the rich, and the powerful. " The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of musterd seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. Which indeed is the...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Matt. xiii. 31, 32. Our blessed Saviour concluded his discourse to the multitude, with the parable... | |
 | 1831 - 524 pages
...them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and hid in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof" (vers. 31, 32). In the parable immediately preceding, all men are seeds : therefore there is no reason... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...field : which is indeed the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among 'ierbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." The Christian is a soldier ; and the beginning of his career is naturally the day of small things.... | |
 | William Samuel Powell - 1832 - 588 pages
...— VERSES 31, 32. Another 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...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. THE ancient prophets, having described the Messiah as a mighty prince, the founder of an extensive... | |
 | 1832 - 378 pages
...put he forth unto them, saying, 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...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." (In this instance, though in parabolic form, describing the animal creation as sheltered by the gospel.)... | |
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