¹⁸ Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

²⁰ And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

¹³ What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

²⁴ And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

³¹ He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

³² Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

²⁶ And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

³⁰ And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

³² But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

³³ And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

³⁴ And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

³¹ What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?

²¹ And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.