What can we compare God's kingdom to? What illustration shall we use?” he asked.
What can I tell you? What shall I compare you to, Daughter of Jerusalem? What can I say you're like in order to comfort you, virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound gapes as wide as the sea—who could ever heal you?
What shall I compare this generation to? It's like children sitting in the marketplaces shouting to each other,
Then he told them another illustrated story: “The kingdom of heaven is like a farmer who sowed good seeds in his field.
“It's like a mustard seed, the tiniest seed of all.