3. Parables of the Kingdom
Matthew 13:31-46

4. The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed

5. the birds of the air come and nest in its branches
Ezekiel 17:22-24
Please Turn in Your Bible
Dan. 4:7-23

6. Dan 2:44-45
"In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands…The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future.”

7. The kingdom of heaven is like leaven

8. The kingdom of heaven is like leaven
Matt. 16:6 “And Jesus said to them, watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

9. The kingdom of heaven is like leaven
Acts 5:28 "We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man's blood upon us."

10. Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables
Hosea 12:10 “I have also spoken to the prophets, and I gave numerous visions, And through the prophets I gave parables.”

11. Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables
Deut. 18:18-19 “I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.”

12. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet
Psalm 78 Please Turn In Your Bible

13. the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field

14. the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field
Isaiah 33:5-6 “The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness. He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.”

15. treasure hidden in a field
Col 2:2-3 “…Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”

16. sells all that he has and buys that field
Luke 9:23-24 “Then He said to them all, if anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?”

17. sells all that he has and buys that field
Philippians 3:7-14 Please Turn In Your Bibles

18. one pearl of great price
John 5:39 "You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.” 17:3 "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

19. went and sold all that he had and bought it
Luke 12:34 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

20. Adam Clarke
“He is the eternal, independent, and self-existent Being who is absolute in dominion. He is the most pure, the most simple, the most spiritual of all essences. He is infinitely perfect and eternally self-sufficient. He is illimitable in His immensity, inconceivable in His mode of existence, and indescribable in His essence. He cannot err or be deceived, and from His infinite goodness, can do nothing but what is eternally just and right and kind.”

21. one pearl of great price
John 17:3 "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”