April 9

Read / Listen
Deuteronomy 33:1-29
Luke 13:1-21
Psalm 78:65-72
Proverbs 12:25

New Testament

Luke 13:1-21

Summary

Repent or Perish
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
A Woman with a Disabling Spirit
The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

The Mustard Seed

So He was saying, “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 threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and THE BIRDS OF THE AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES.” ~ Luke 13:18-19

Palestinian mustard plants are large shrubs, sometimes up to fifteen feet high, certainly large enough for birds to lodge in. This verse refers undoubtedly to several OT passages, including Eze_17:23; Eze_31:6; Dan_4:21—passages that prophesied the inclusion of Gentiles in the kingdom. ~ John MacArthur