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

¹³ What do I testify `to' thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea `is' thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?

¹⁶ `And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,

²⁴ Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

³¹ Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

³² which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

¹⁸ And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

¹⁹ It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

²⁰ And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

²¹ It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'