Thematic Bible: The church compared to


Thematic Bible



"For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard. Verse ConceptsMorningMetaphorical VineyardsLikeningIn The MorningLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomWorkers

He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened." Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

"Then will the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. Verse ConceptsLampsTypesVirginProphecies Said By JesusLikeningTen PeopleLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom


"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in the ground, which a man finds but buries again, and then in his joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that land. Verse ConceptsPersonal ConsecrationFindingHeaven, Inheritance OfSpiritual InvestmentJoy, Of The ChurchKingdom Of God, Entry IntoTreasureParables Of ChristSpiritual TreasuresFigurative FieldsFinding ThingsHidden ThingsBuying God's Giftsales

He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; Verse ConceptsLikeningFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsSowing Seeds

He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field. Verse ConceptsLikeningParables Of SowingFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomSeedsSowing Seeds

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. Verse ConceptsNetsMixed MultitudeFishingParables Of The KingdomFishPatience In Relationshipsgatheringlakes

"It is with the kingdom of God," he continued, "as if a man should have sown seed in the earth; Verse ConceptsParables Of The KingdomPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seeds

This led him to say. "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? Verse ConceptsLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom



Take notice then that no longer are you strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household. You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone.