And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?
Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field.
Mem. To what shall I compare thee, or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? For great as the sea is thy destruction: Who shall heal thee?
But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.
It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth: