{"id":5831,"date":"2017-04-09T07:47:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T11:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=5831"},"modified":"2017-04-09T07:49:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T11:49:24","slug":"then-he-said-what-is-the-kingdom-of-god-like-and-to-what-shall-i-compare-it-it-is-like-a-mustard-seed-which-a-man-took-and-put-in-his-garden-and-it-grew-and-became-a-large-tree-and-th","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/then-he-said-what-is-the-kingdom-of-god-like-and-to-what-shall-i-compare-it-it-is-like-a-mustard-seed-which-a-man-took-and-put-in-his-garden-and-it-grew-and-became-a-large-tree-and-th","title":{"rendered":"‘Then He said, \u201cWhat is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches”‘ (Luke 13:18-19 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The planting and growth of the gospel is like the small, yet ultimately great growth of the mustard seed. The gospel seed was planted by Jesus into His small band of followers. It went unseen and unnoticed by most of the world at that time. Yet, before even a generation had passed, the apostles had carried the gospel throughout the Roman empire and beyond. Today, even many nations rest like birds on the branches of the gospel, supported by its work in men. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Have you received the mustard seed of the gospel? Have you planted it in your family and in your city? It always starts out small and barely seen, but it grows to have huge results!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The planting and growth of the gospel is like the small, yet ultimately great growth of the mustard seed. The gospel seed was planted by Jesus into His small band of followers. It went unseen and unnoticed by most of the world at that time. Yet, before even a generation had passed, the apostles had carried the gospel throughout the Roman empire and beyond. Today, even many nations rest like birds on the branches of the gospel, supported by its work in men. <\/p>\n

Have you received the mustard seed of the gospel? Have you planted it in your family and in your city? It always starts out small and barely seen, but it grows to have huge results!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1309],"scripture-chapter":[1346],"oyb_day":[1626],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5831","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-luke","scripture-chapter-1346","oyb_day-april-9"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/5831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5831"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=5831"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=5831"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=5831"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=5831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}