Matthew 13:31-35
New Revised Standard Version
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
The Parable of the Yeast
33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with[a] three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
The Use of Parables
34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing. 35 This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:[b]
“I will open my mouth to speak in parables;
I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”[c]
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:33 Gk hid in
- Matthew 13:35 Other ancient authorities read the prophet Isaiah
- Matthew 13:35 Other ancient authorities lack of the world
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