The Jewish Roots of the Parable of the Mustard Seed

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[mazikode]

Wonderful teaching on the symbolism. I love how parables do not mean what we think they do at face value. Thanks for you teaching Dr Pitre.

[rschiwal]

I like that the mustard seed started small end ended up as a shrub rather than a towering tree. I think it pushes humility in a big way.

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[juancarrillo]

Love this episode after lifting up and speaking highly of the worldly kingdoms, symbolized by the Great Cedar and then the lowliness, the suffering continues as usual for the Kingdom of Israel and the Catholic nation to this day and age. A hidden power in faith and trust. We continue to be held in humility to sharpen our humanity and properly blend the forbidden knowledge and how it is tapered and tamed by humility and grace to yield a greater Kingdom, a more solid foundation not worldly and physical, but a nation that God Himself will intervene in righteous measure and timing to defend and crush even Egypt back then and present day Super Powers to yield His great goal for us. Gods intervention is soon and depicted in Revelation even more dramatically then the Exodus and parting of the Red Sea etc. The humility is of such an unattractive appeal not welcoming to those God intends to weed out.

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[Magnulus]

Jesus parables frequently draw attention to symbols of humility, like the mustard seed.

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[andremahfouz]

Hello from the land of cedars
The cedar is in the middle of of Lebanon flag 🇱🇧 the cedar is known to live in high altitude in cold mountains covered with snow for half of the year days.
We have a small forest called cedars of God because they lived for hundred of years and cedars are often associated with the attribute of eternity.

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[stephengonzales]

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[mikkis]

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[guidothechihuahua]

Thank you. Sometimes reading the Bible is difficult. This definitely makes sense for me. God bless🙏

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[supunfernando]

Excellent explanation Dr. Pitre 😍😍😍 I was thinking of the mustard tree to be a big and a massive tree. But this explanation corrected my erroneous understanding of this parable and this reminded me of the deep insight at which we have to look at a parable ♥♥♥

[Aethelhart]

I contemplated on this parable for awhile prior to becoming Catholic and it was only after I converted that I realized it was the Church. I think the growth of the Church is right and the expansion from Jews to gentiles as well, but I also came to the conclusion that it likely pertains to the development of doctrine as well.

[Vivi-uyhr]

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[mauixram]

Hi Dr. Pitre, do you think the opposite for those who oppose the Church which is the mustard tree, are also represent the weed parable? Meaning, that there’s only one tree, the Church, while those who rebelled against the Church, are like the scattered weeds?