‘Law after law, law after law, line after line, line after line, a little here, a little there.’
Matthew 13:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He presented another parable to them: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Another parable He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. American Standard Version (1901) Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: Common English Bible Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like someone who planted good seed in his field. Catholic Public Domain Version He proposed another parable to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field. |
‘Law after law, law after law, line after line, line after line, a little here, a little there.’
The word of the Lord will come to them: ‘Law after law, law after law, line after line, line after line, a little here, a little there,’ so they go stumbling backwards, to be broken, trapped, and captured.
‘Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.
But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.
He presented another parable to them: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into twenty kilograms of flour until all of it was leavened.’
‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,
‘For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
‘For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
‘Listen to another parable: There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
‘The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
‘At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.
Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
He said, therefore, ‘What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?
because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth, the gospel
because you have been born again #– #not of perishable seed but of imperishable #– #through the living and enduring word of God.