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Thematic Bible



For the kingdom of the Messiah is like a family, the master whereof went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. Verse ConceptsMorningMetaphorical VineyardsLikeningIn The MorningLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomWorkers

Another of his parables was this; the gospel-state is like unto leaven, which a woman took and mixt with three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

The kingdom of the Messiah will then be such, as when ten virgins took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. Verse ConceptsLampsTypesVirginProphecies Said By JesusLikeningTen PeopleLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom


Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field: a man finds this treasure and buries it again, then goes in great joy, sells all that he hath, and purchases that field. Verse ConceptsPersonal ConsecrationFindingHeaven, Inheritance OfSpiritual InvestmentJoy, Of The ChurchKingdom Of God, Entry IntoTreasureParables Of ChristSpiritual TreasuresFigurative FieldsFinding ThingsHidden ThingsBuying God's Giftsales

Another parable he propos'd to them in these words. the state of the gospel in this world may be compar'd to a man who sowed good grain in his field: Verse ConceptsLikeningFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsSowing Seeds

He propos'd another parable to them, which was this; the gospel-state is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took to sow in his field. Verse ConceptsLikeningParables Of SowingFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomSeedsSowing Seeds

Again, the gospel-kingdom is like a net that is cast into the sea, and draws all sorts of fish: Verse ConceptsNetsMixed MultitudeFishingParables Of The KingdomFishPatience In Relationshipsgatheringlakes

Again, he said, the state of the gospel is like that of the grain, which a man sows in his land: Verse ConceptsParables Of The KingdomPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seeds

Then he said, what does the kingdom of God resemble? to what shall I compare it? Verse ConceptsLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom



Therefore now, you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and domesticks of God's family, being built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, whereof Jesus Christ himself is the main stone of the angle:









the bridegroom is he that hath a right to the bride: as for the friend of the bridegroom, who is nigh his person and heareth him, he greatly rejoyces at the voice of the bridegroom: upon this account my joy is compleat. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBetrothalMarriage, Between God And His PeopleMarriage, Customs ConcerningRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanTypesUnity, God's Goal OfWeddingsMarriage, The BridegroomChrist, Names ForAttractionRejoicing In God's WorksJesus As A BridegroomBest FriendsJoy And HappinessLove MarriageThe Rapture