Matthew:13:31-35
mnt@Matthew:13:31 @ He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field.
mnt@Matthew:13:32 @ "This is indeed the smallest of seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than any herb, and becomes a tree, so that the winged things of the sky come and roost in its branches."
mnt@Matthew:13:33 @ He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened."
mnt@Matthew:13:34 @ Jesus told all this to the crowd in parables; indeed he never spoke to them except in parables,
mnt@Matthew:13:35 @ in fulfilment of the word spoken by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world."