Matthew 13:24-33

In the text before us, Jesus relates three parables — The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, The Parable of the Mustard Seed, and The Parable of the Leaven. These parables were spoken to a multitude (Matt. 13:34). In all three parables, Jesus likens the kingdom of heaven to natural occurrences with which His listeners understood.

New Testament believers of today understand that the kingdom of heaven is the spiritual kingdom which…