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KNOW YOUR BIBLE BETTER

JESUS CHRIST AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD

THE TEN PARABLES IN WHICH JESUS SAYS - 'THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE ... '

 

Please complete this exercise before going to the next page of notes…

 (The Kingdom of heaven and the Kingdom of God mean the same thing. Matthew who was writing his gospel mainly for Jews wished to respect their wish never to write the word God or the name of God)

Look through Matthew 13:24-52 and 18:23-35 and 22:2-14 and Mark 4:26-28, then write down what you think is the SINGLE POINT of each of the 10 illustrations by Jesus of what ‘the Kingdom is like’…

 

BIBLE REFERENCE THE MAIN FEATURE THE MEANING OF THE PARABLE

13: 24-30

the good seed

 

 

 

13:31,32

the mustard seed

 

 

 

13:33-35

the yeast

 

 

 

13:44

the treasure

 

 

 

13:45

the pearl

 

 

 

13.47-50

the net

 

 

 

18:23-25

the king who settled his accounts

 

 

20:1-16

the landowner

 

 

 

22:2-14

the wedding feast

 

 

 

Mark 4:26-28

the scattered seed

 

 

 

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