<p>13:18<i> He replied: To what is the kingdom of God like? And unto what shall I liken it?</i>- Perhaps we are to sense here the struggle to compress the wonder of God's Kingdom into any parable or simile. The small seed of the Gospel of the Kingdom can produce a mighty tree in the Kingdom (Lk. 13:18,19). It is easy to under-estimate the power of that seed- the Lord's parable seems to be making that point. I would seriously suggest that <i>all</i> of us ought to regularly study the basic doctrines of our One Faith for ourselves, personally. The writer told the Hebrews that he would have to lay<i> again</i> the foundation teachings of the Gospel, in order to renew them <i>again</i> unto repentance (Heb. 6:1-4).</p>