 The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come...  Prayers and Thanksgivings for a Christian Year - Page 224by Isaac Ogden Rankin - 1918 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 486 pages
...birds : they sit and sing ia the tree of the church, which is the mystical body of Christ. For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his fold; which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs,... | |
 | John Farrer - Parables - 1801 - 394 pages
...31, 32. Another Parable put he forth unto them% saying ; The Kingdom of Heaven is like to a Grain of Mustard Seed, which a Man took and sowed in his Field; which indeed is the least of all Seeds; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomcth a tree,... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pages
...which is committed to you to sow in this world, is but a small seed — " It is like to a grain of mustard- seed, which a " man took and sowed in his field, (which indeed is " the least of all seeds); but when it is grown, it is " the greatest among Herbs, and becometh a Tree;... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - Bible - 1807 - 684 pages
...latter, to be taken into the kingdom of their Father. 31. Another parable put he forth unto them : The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field ; 32. Which indeed is the least of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among... | |
 | William Newcome - 1810 - 548 pages
...sometimes occurs in the best poetical descriptions. " y The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree :... | |
 | William Cuninghame - Messiah - 1810 - 220 pages
...this opinion, may quote the words of Jesus himself — ' The kingdom of Heaven is ' like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man ' took, and sowed in his field, which, indeed, ' is the least of all seeds ; but, when it is grown, ' it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh ' a... | |
 | William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 458 pages
...birds : they sit and sing in the tree of the church, which is the mystical body of Christ. For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sorced in his jield; which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but wh$n it is grown, it... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 536 pages
...earth, and fill the world, by the following similitudes. " The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : Which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among heibs, and becometh a tree... | |
 | William Jay - Devotional literature - 1812 - 284 pages
...confirm the truth of this representation. The kingdom of heaven, says he, " is " like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took " and sowed in his field : which is indeed the least of " all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest '• among herbs, and... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - Church and state - 1813 - 230 pages
...despair of its fnture growth. We know to what our Saviour has likened the kingdom of heaven:—' The kingdom of ' heaven is like unto a grain of Mustard...man ' took and sowed in his field; which indeed is the least of all ' seeds ; but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs ' and becometh a TREE,... | |
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