Mark:4:30-34
mnt@Mark:4:30 @ "To what shall we compare the kingdom of God?" he said again. "in what parable shall we set it forth?
mnt@Mark:4:31 @ It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the soil, is the smallest seed in the world;
mnt@Mark:4:32 @ yet when sown shoots up and becomes larger than any plant, sending out such branches that the wild birds build their nests under its shadow."
mnt@Mark:4:33 @ With many such illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;
mnt@Mark:4:34 @ and to them it was his practice never to speak except in parables. But he used to explain everything in private to his disciples.