The Parable about a Mustard Seed^(A)

³⁰ He was also saying, “How can we show what the kingdom of God is like, or what parable can we use to describe it? ³¹ It’s like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it’s the smallest of^[a] all the seeds on earth, ³² when it’s 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.”