This parable urged them to place their confidence in the intent and working of God. The influence of the kingdom would become so far reaching that it would be inescapable. The point of both the parable of the mustard seed and the parable of the yeast were opposite the expectations of the Jewish people. They expected the kingdom to come with enormous power that quickly enabled Israel to assert world prominence. These parables again declare that the kingdom would not be what the first century Jewish people anticipated.
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