The Parables of the Mustard Seed and of the Leaven
18 He said, therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like, 13:18–19 Mt 13:31–32; Mk 4:30–32and what can I compare it to?19 It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."
20 Again he said, "What can I compare the kingdom of God 13:20–21 Mt 13:33to?21 It’s like leaven 13:21 Or yeast, 13:21 Mt 16:6,11–12; Mk 8:15; Lk 12:1; 1Co 5:6–8; Gl 5:9that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds 13:21 Lit three sata; about forty litersof flour until all of it was leavened."