Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- MUSTARD
- The black mustard plant common to the Galilee region can grow to ten feet tall — towering for a plant sown from a seed no bigger than a pinhead.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- PARABLE
- The word comes from the Greek 'parabole,' meaning a comparison placed alongside — a story set beside the truth to illuminate it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BRANCHES
- In the parable, birds nesting in the branches echoes imagery from the Hebrew scriptures, where a great sheltering tree represents a kingdom that protects all who come to it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FAITH
- Elsewhere in the Gospels, Jesus says that faith even as small as a mustard seed is enough to move mountains — the parable and the promise answer each other perfectly.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Mustard seed parable word search — free and large-print. From the smallest seed springs the greatest tree, sheltering every bird that comes to rest.
About The Mustard Seed
Of all the seeds a man might drop into the garden soil, the mustard seed is among the smallest — barely a speck in the palm. Yet given earth and time, it rises into something so full and wide that birds settle into its branches as if they had always belonged there. Jesus told this story to describe the Kingdom of Heaven: that the grandest things begin in the quietest, most unassuming places, and that even the smallest act of faith holds within it something immeasurable.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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