
The Hidden Things About God’s Kingdom
33 Another story. “God’s kingdom is like yeast that a woman works into the dough for dozens of loaves of barley bread—and waits while the dough rises.”
34-35 All Jesus did that day was tell stories—a long storytelling afternoon. His storytelling fulfilled the prophecy: “ I will open my mouth and tell stories;I will bring out into the open things hidden since the world’s first day.”
31-32 Another story. “God’s kingdom is like a pine nut that a farmer plants. It is quite small as seeds go, but in the course of years it grows into a huge pine tree, and eagles build nests in it.”
– Matthew 13:31-35
The Message Version (MSG)
神國所隱藏的事
33 耶穌說:「神的國就像是酵母一般。一位婦人將它藏在預備作成許多大麥麵包的麵團裡,然後,等著麵團發酵。」
34-35 那日耶穌所做的事就是講比喻——整個下午都在說故事。祂所說的故事應驗了先知的預言:「我要開口說故事;我要將創世以來所隱藏的事都揭示出來。」
31-32 耶穌說:「神的國像是農夫種植的松果。最初,種子長出幼嫩的細芽,但經過幾年後,它長成一棵巨大的松樹,有老鷹在其上築巢。」
-馬太福音十三章31-35節