'The kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field...smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the biggest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air can come and shelter in its branches.' Matthew 13:31-35

Today's Readings

 

'The kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field...smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the biggest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air can come and shelter in its branches.'

Matthew 13:31-35

³¹ He put another parable before them, 'The kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.

³² It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the biggest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air can come and shelter in its branches.'

³³ He told them another parable, 'The kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.'

³⁴ In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables.

³⁵ This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: I will speak to you in parables, unfold what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.