“What shall we say the Kingdom of God is like?” asked Jesus. “What parable shall we use to explain it?
O Jerusalem, beloved Jerusalem, what can I say? How can I comfort you? No one has ever suffered like this. Your disaster is boundless as the ocean; there is no possible hope.
“Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other,
Jesus told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.
It is like this. A man takes a mustard seed, the smallest seed in the world, and plants it in the ground.