Mark 4:31
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31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.
Acts 19:20
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Luke 13:18-19
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The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(A)(B)
18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God(C) like?(D) What shall I compare it to? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree,(E) and the birds perched in its branches.”(F)
Genesis 22:17-18
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17 I will surely bless you(A) and make your descendants(B) as numerous as the stars in the sky(C) and as the sand on the seashore.(D) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(E) 18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](F) because you have obeyed me.”(G)
Footnotes
- Genesis 22:18 Or seed
- Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Acts 21:20
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20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous(A) for the law.(B)
Acts 5:14
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14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.(A)
Acts 4:4
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4 But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew(A) to about five thousand.
Acts 2:41
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41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number(A) that day.
Matthew 13:31-33
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The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(A)(B)
31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(C) a mustard seed,(D) which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”(E)
33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(F) yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[a] of flour(G) until it worked all through the dough.”(H)
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:33 Or about 27 kilograms
Zechariah 14:6-9
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6 On that day there will be neither sunlight(A) nor cold, frosty darkness. 7 It will be a unique(B) day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night.(C) When evening comes, there will be light.(D)
8 On that day living water(E) will flow(F) out from Jerusalem, half of it east(G) to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.(H)
9 The Lord will be king(I) over the whole earth.(J) On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.(K)
Zechariah 12:8
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8 On that day the Lord will shield(A) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest(B) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,(C) like the angel of the Lord going before(D) them.
Zechariah 8:20-23
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20 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat(A) the Lord and seek(B) the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.’ 22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”(C)
23 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”(D)
Zechariah 2:11
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11 “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.(A) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.(B)
Micah 4:1-2
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The Mountain of the Lord(A)
4 In the last days
the mountain(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,(C)
and peoples will stream to it.(D)
2 Many nations will come and say,
Amos 9:11-15
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Israel’s Restoration
11 “In that day
“I will restore David’s(A) fallen shelter(B)—
I will repair its broken walls
and restore its ruins(C)—
and will rebuild it as it used to be,(D)
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom(E)
and all the nations that bear my name,[a](F)”
declares the Lord, who will do these things.(G)
13 “The days are coming,”(H) declares the Lord,
“when the reaper(I) will be overtaken by the plowman(J)
and the planter by the one treading(K) grapes.
New wine(L) will drip from the mountains
and flow from all the hills,(M)
14 and I will bring(N) my people Israel back from exile.[b](O)
“They will rebuild the ruined cities(P) and live in them.
They will plant vineyards(Q) and drink their wine;
they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(R)
15 I will plant(S) Israel in their own land,(T)
never again to be uprooted(U)
from the land I have given them,”(V)
says the Lord your God.(W)
Daniel 2:44-45
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44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush(A) all those kingdoms(B) and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.(C) 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock(D) cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands(E)—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
“The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future.(F) The dream is true(G) and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
Daniel 2:34-35
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34 While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands.(A) It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed(B) them.(C) 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away(D) without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain(E) and filled the whole earth.(F)
Ezekiel 17:22-24
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22 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot(A) from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.(B) 23 On the mountain heights(C) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit(D) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.(E) 24 All the trees of the forest(F) will know that I the Lord bring down(G) the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.(H)
“‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.(I)’”
Isaiah 60:22
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Isaiah 53:12-54:3
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12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[a](A)
and he will divide the spoils(B) with the strong,[b]
because he poured out his life unto death,(C)
and was numbered with the transgressors.(D)
For he bore(E) the sin of many,(F)
and made intercession(G) for the transgressors.
The Future Glory of Zion
54 “Sing, barren woman,(H)
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,(I)
you who were never in labor;(J)
because more are the children(K) of the desolate(L) woman
than of her who has a husband,(M)”
says the Lord.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,(N)
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.(O)
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants(P) will dispossess nations(Q)
and settle in their desolate(R) cities.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:12 Or many
- Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous
Isaiah 53:2
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Isaiah 49:6-7
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6 he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(A)
to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(B)
I will also make you a light(C) for the Gentiles,(D)
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(E)
7 This is what the Lord says—
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(F)—
to him who was despised(G) and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(H) will see you and stand up,
princes will see and bow down,(I)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(J)
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(K) you.”
Isaiah 9:7
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