Lucas 13

Parables of Mustard Seed and Leaven

18 So this led Him to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? [Matt 13:31, 32; Mark 4:30-32] 19 It is like a *13:19 In ancient Israel the mustard seed was the smallest known seed, and in rabbinic teaching the mustard seed was used as an example of something very small (in the Talmud).mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky found shelterandnested in its branches." [Ezek 17:23; Dan 4:12]