Thematic Bible: Similitudes
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Similitudes » The church compared to » Of the kingdom of heaven
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
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He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."
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"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
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"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,
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"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
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He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
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He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
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"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.
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And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.
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He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
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Similitudes » The church compared to » 2 a living body
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » 7 a temple
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
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Similitudes » The church compared to » Christ the corner-stone
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
Similitudes » The church compared to » Building
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » Christ being the head
and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » 4 a bride
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » Christ the builder
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » Christ being the high priest
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » 5 a casket of jewels
"They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » Christ being the shepherd
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » 3 a flock
"Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » Christ being the bridegroom
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
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Similitudes » The church compared to » 6 branches of the vine
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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