sénevé

Il est semblable à un grain de sénevé qu`un homme a pris et jeté dans son jardin ; il pousse, devient un arbre, et les oiseaux du ciel habitent dans ses branches.
It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.
Il est semblable à un grain de sénevé qu`un homme a pris et jeté dans son jardin ; il pousse, devient un arbre, et les oiseaux du ciel habitent dans ses branches.
It is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.
Ici, cependant, il s’agit d’une semence particulière, le grain de sénevé, considéré comme la plus petite de toutes les graines.
Here, however, it is a specific seed, the mustard seed, considered the smallest of all seeds.
Le fils du charpentier n'enseigna jamais la formation des caractères, mais leur croissance, déclarant que le royaume des cieux ressemble à un grain de sénevé.
The carpenter's son never taught character building; he taught character growth, declaring that the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed.
Le fils du charpentier n’enseigna jamais la formation des caractères, mais leur croissance, déclarant que le royaume des cieux ressemble à un grain de sénevé.
The carpenter's son never taught character building; he taught character growth, declaring that the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed.
Elles ont maintenu ouverte une fente petite comme un grain de sénevé à travers laquelle l’Esprit Saint continuait d’accompagner les palpitations de la vie de ce peuple.
They kept open a tiny space, small as a mustard seed, through which the Holy Spirit continued to accompany the heartbeat of this people.
Alors se réalise la belle parabole de l’Évangile : le petit grain de sénevé devient la plus grande des plantes du jardin, au point que les oiseaux du ciel viennent y faire leurs nids.
And then that beautiful Gospel parable comes to life: the tiny mustard-seed becomes the largest of the garden plants, so that the birds of the air come to build their nests in it.
Les apôtres considéraient la venue du royaume dans le cœur des hommes comme un développement graduel, semblable au levain dans la pâte ou à la croissance du grain de sènevé.
They looked upon the coming of the kingdom in the hearts of men as a gradual development, like the leaven in the dough or like the growing of the mustard seed.
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