Mat 13:31-33, Mar 4:30-32 | ISV | STEP | The Parables about a Mustard Seed and Yeast He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

Matthew 13:31-33

31 The Parables about a Mustard Seed and Yeast Mark 4:30-32; Luke 13:18-21He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.Isa 2:2-3; Mic 4:1; Mark 4:30; Luke 13:18-19 32 Although it is the smallest of ^{▼▼Or it is smaller than} all seeds, when it is fully grown it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, and the birds in the sky come and nest in its branches.”

33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with ^{▼▼Lit. hid in} three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”Luke 13:20

Mark 4:30-32

30 The Parable about a Mustard Seed Matthew 13:31-32; Luke 13:18-19He was also saying, “How can we show what the kingdom of God is like, or what parable can we use to describe it?Matt 13:31; Luke 13:18; Acts 2:41; 4:4; 5:14; 19:20 31 It is like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it is the smallest of ^{▼▼Or smaller than} all the seeds on earth, 32 when it is planted it comes up and becomes larger than all the garden plants. It grows such large branches that the birds in the sky can nest in its shade.”