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

³¹ He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man takes and sows in his field. ³² It is less than any seed on earth, but when it grows up it is larger than any plant, it becomes a tree, so large that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

³⁰ He said also, "To what can we compare the Realm of God? how are we to put it in a parable? ³¹ It is like a grain of mustard-seed ??less than any seed on earth when it is sown on earth; ³² but once sown it springs up to be larger than any plant, throwing out such big branches that the wild birds can roost under its shadow."

³³ In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it; ³⁴ he never spoke to them except by way of parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

¹⁸ So he said, "What is the Reign of God like? to what shall I compare it? ¹⁹ It is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took and put into his orchard, where it grew up and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches."