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

³¹ Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "is like a mustard-seed, which a man takes and sows in his ground. ³² It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."

³⁰ Another saying of His was this: "How are we to picture the Kingdom of God? or by what figure of speech shall we represent it? ³¹ It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world; ³² yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."

³³ With many such parables He used to speak the Message to them according to their capacity for receiving it. ³⁴ But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.

¹⁸ This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it? ¹⁹ It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."