He said, “To what shall we liken the kingdom of God, or with what parable shall we compare it?
What can I say for you, to what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your devastation is great like the sea; who can heal you?
“But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, calling to their friends,
He told them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest seed on earth.