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“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. Verse ConceptsMorningMetaphorical VineyardsLikeningIn The MorningLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomWorkers

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds of flour until it spread through all of it.” Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. Verse ConceptsLampsTypesVirginProphecies Said By JesusLikeningTen PeopleLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom


“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field. Verse ConceptsPersonal ConsecrationFindingHeaven, Inheritance OfSpiritual InvestmentJoy, Of The ChurchKingdom Of God, Entry IntoTreasureParables Of ChristSpiritual TreasuresFigurative FieldsFinding ThingsHidden ThingsBuying God's Giftsales

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. Verse ConceptsLikeningFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsSowing Seeds

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. Verse ConceptsLikeningParables Of SowingFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomSeedsSowing Seeds

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish, Verse ConceptsNetsMixed MultitudeFishingParables Of The KingdomFishPatience In Relationshipsgatheringlakes

“The kingdom of God is like this,” He said. “A man scatters seed on the ground; Verse ConceptsParables Of The KingdomPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seeds

He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to? Verse ConceptsLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom



So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.






“They will be Mine,” says the Lord of Hosts, “a special possession on the day I am preparing. I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him. Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtPeople Of God, In OtTreasureUnity, Of God's PeopleChildren Blessedjewelrymakeup





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