Matthew
Chapter 13: 31-35
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
31He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard
seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32Though it is the smallest of
all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree,
so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
33He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast
that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the
dough."
34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say
anything to them without using a parable. 35So was fulfilled what was spoken
through the prophet:
"I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of
the world."
