So the Kingdom of Heaven is Like a Weed?
John Dominic Crossan, a distinguished author of more than 20 books on the historical Jesus and Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at DePaul University, asks the question: What exactly is the correlation of the kingdom and a mustard plant? This is, of course, in reference to Matt. 13:31. In that verse, Yeshua likens the kingdom of heaven to a mustard seed. Crossan points out that Pliny the Elder, a revered man of science who wrote the tomb, “Natural History”, pointed out that the mustard... Sign in to see full entry.