Matthew 13:31-32 - The Parable Of The Mustard Seed

³¹ Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a kernel of mustard, which a man taking, sowed in his field: ³² Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots.

³⁰ And he said, To what should we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable should we hold it forth? ³¹ As a kernel of mustard, which, when it be sown in the earth, is smaller than all seeds upon the earth: ³² And when it be sown, it comes up and is greater than all vegetables, and makes great young shoots; so that the flying things of heaven can encamp under its shadow.

³³ And with many such parables spake he the word to them, as they were able to hear. ³⁴ And without a parable spake he not to them: and apart, he solved all to his disciples.

¹⁸ And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it? ¹⁹ It is like a kernel of mustard, which a man having taken, cast into his garden; and it grew, and became into a great tree; and the fowls of heaven encamped in its young shoots.