Mat 13:31-35 | ESV | STEP | He put another parable before them , saying , The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field .

j ch. 25:34; Luke 11:50; [John 17:24; Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20]

Matthew 13:31-35

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

31 He put another parable before them, saying, ^a“The kingdom of heaven is like ^ba grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

33 He told them another parable. ^c“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in ^dthree measures of flour, till it was ^eall leavened.”

Prophecy and Parables

34 ^fAll these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet}

^h“I will open my mouth in parables;
ⁱI will utter what has been hidden ^jsince the foundation of the world.”