Prepare and submit a term paper on New Testament: The Mustard Seed.
Your paper should be a minimum of 1250 words in length.
There is a primary contrast between the insignificant beginnings and mighty achievement of the storyline of the parables and the overall idea of growth. All the same, in both instances, the seed grows into a plant and then a tree and so there are no arguments concerning these factors. Nonetheless, the details of branches in which the birds make their nests require ample attention and elaboration for both situations. In Matthew, the mustard seed ‘becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches’ (Matt.13. 31-32), and according to Mark, the tree from the seed ‘puts forth large branches so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade’ (Mark, 4. 30-32). Firstly, in Matthew, the birds make the nests on its branches hence they are a part of the tree (kingdom of heaven) symbolizing that God makes the kingdom of heaven for His children and nothing less. However, as for Mark, the bird’s nest is in the shades of the large branches of a tree.
in this situation, the statement is inductive and requires reading from other parts about the same for one to understand. Secondly, in the book of Matthew, the tree having big branches comes after the birds make their nests, but for Mark, it is vice versa and the perception got from the third verse is that the large branches are patent for the purpose of the birds nesting. Additionally, the book of Matthew insists that man is the one who takes the small seed sowing it in his field. however, In Mark, the sowing part of the mustard seed is not clear but general hence bringing out the question of its utter significance. Resolutely, the overall depiction of both readings is similar in most aspects but call for openness and patience. Unquestionably, both readings based on the same concept of planting the mustard seed that grows and becomes a tree upon which birds of the air nest. hence making it one of the core principles in the two. Nonetheless, there are differences at one will easily identify after reading the different chapters in both books. the basis of the difference is on the mustard seed, sowing, growth and the nesting.