Parallel Passage

As you may have known I have been doing a study in the gospels comparing the different versions presented by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In doing this I have discovered that they kinda jump around a bit and aren't always chronologically identical.

This has added to the time it takes me to study, and to be honest without the help of the Gospelcom bible and it's search tool I wouldn't have been able to stick with it as easily.

So just in case you are interested I decided to put together some of the passages as I go along to make it easier for you to try it for yourself.

One thing you will notice is that due to John's Gospel focusing more on statements and relationships between Jesus and His disciples, events that occur are often only mentioned in the first three Gospels and are not included in John.

Finally if you don't like the translation that I used (the New Living Translation) then after you have gone to the page you can use "see this passage in" pull down box at the top of the page, change it to the translation of your choice, and click go. NIV - New International Version, or KJV - King James Version, are probably two that are the most popular or well known. Do bear in mind that as this is an American website though it will have spelling mistakes (honour, and colour for example).

The Parable of the Mustard Seed


Here the kingdom of heaven is compared to a mustard seed where the tiniest seed grows into a great tree. I think that this is a reference to how we can have the tiniest seed of knowledge of Christ planted into our hearts it can grow into an awesome tree, in which others can take shelter during times of need. I know that I have sheltered in others faith when I have had problems before, and I pray that one day I will have a great tree of faith for them to use me too. Let me know what you think this parable is about by leaving a comment.

posted by Tim @ 3/16/2004 08:00:00 AM

1 Comments:

At March 28, 2005 3:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

not one day you will have a tree of shelter for others, you already do!! thanks

 

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