Parables 34, 35 :
Mustard Seed
Leaven
Revised Standard Version
Last Revised: 6/14/00
Matthew 13:31-33
Block Diagram: 
(A) 13.31 Another parable he put forth 
                                to them
                                saying,
 (1)                                   The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed,
                                                                                                    having taken
                                                                                  which a person sows
                                                                                                    in his field;
 (2) 13.32                             it is the smallest of all seeds,
                                            but
                                            when it grows
 (3)                                   it is larger than the herbs,
                                            and
 (4)                                   it becomes a tree,
                                             so that the birds of the air come
                                                          and
                                                     they make nests
                                                             in its branches.

(B) 13.33 Another parable he spoke 
                                to them,
 (5)                                    The Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven,
                                                                                          having taken
                                                                         which a woman puts 
                                                                                          in three measures of flour
                                                                                      /---|
                                                                                      until the whole batter has risen.
 
Semantic Diagram:

                                   -------------------- (A)
                              -----|
                              |    |    ---------------  (1)
                              |    -----|
                              |         |    ----------  (2)
                              |         -----|
                              |              |    -----  (3)
                              |              -----|
                              |                   -----  (4)
                              |
                              |    -------------------- (B)
                              -----|
                                   --------------------  (5)

 
Exegetical Outline:
I. (A-4)_________________________________________________________________
A. (A)_____________________________________________________________

B. (1-4)____________________________________________________________

1. (1)_________________________________________________________

2. (2-4)_______________________________________________________

a) (2)____________________________________________________

b) (3-4)__________________________________________________

(1) (3)______________________________________________

(2) (4)______________________________________________

II. (B-5)________________________________________________________________
A. (B)_____________________________________________________________

B. (5)_____________________________________________________________
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