^{30 Ref} And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

^{31 Ref} As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

^{32 Ref} and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

^{33 Ref} And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

^{34 Ref} and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.