The Parable of the Mustard Seed

³¹ He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and^[a] sowed in his field.

³² It^[a] is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is larger than the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

³⁰ And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or by what parable can we present it?

³¹ It is like a mustard seed that when sown on the ground, although it^[a] is the smallest of all the seeds that are on the ground,

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

¹⁸ Therefore he said, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

¹⁹ It is like a mustard seed that a man took and^[a] sowed in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”