Kingdom Parables
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4.3 IT BECAME A TREE<br />
THE KINGDOM PARABLES<br />
"But when it is grown it is greater than the herb, and becomes a tree."<br />
Whenever I taught this parable, I ask the question. "Have you ever seen<br />
a mustard tree?" So far I have not come across any one who has actually<br />
seen a mustard tree. I ask them their concept of it as they have derived<br />
from this parable. They all describe a large tree of the size of an Oak or<br />
a Peepul Tree with branches reaching upto the heavens and with birds<br />
of all type making their nests on it. That is actually the picture painted in<br />
the parable.<br />
"It put forth large branches"<br />
"birds of the air come and make nests "<br />
But in reality there is no such mustard tree. Was Jesus making a mistake?<br />
Read the parable over.<br />
"But when it is grown, it is greater than all herb (shrubs)" So Jesus very<br />
well knew that mustard was a herb.<br />
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