Mic 5:2, Mat 13:31-32 | ESV | STEP | But you , O Bethlehem Ephrathah , who are too little to be among the clans of Judah , from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel , whose coming forth is from of old , from ancient days .

Micah 5:2

2 ^{▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew} ^bBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of ^cJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ^druler in Israel,
^ewhose coming forth is ^ffrom of old,
from ancient days.

Matthew 13:31-32

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

31 He put another parable before them, saying, ^g“The kingdom of heaven is like ^ha 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.”