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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 13:31

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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13:31-33 Jesus used surprising, evocative imagery in these parables, either to emphasize the inevitable growth of the Kingdom through proclamation of the gospel or, more probably, to emphasize the contrast between insignificant beginnings and glorious consummation, and to exhort the disciples to patience (see also 16:24–17:13).
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