So Many Parables (Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52)

So many parables (Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52)

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Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Hear the Son of Man’s words growing as wheat among weeds!

As a kid, we will take advantage of any opportunity to eat frosting. It could be a frosted cookie, cupcake, cake, cinnamon roll, donut, etc. If one day you were invited to decorate some baked goods with frosting for an event the next day, and during the night someone came and salted all the frosting, you would be upset. The salt would ruin the dessert. The problem with salted frosting is that you cannot recognize it until you have taken a big bi…