He said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it?
To what can I compare you—to what can I liken you— O daughter Jerusalem? What example can I give in order to comfort you, virgin daughter Zion? For your breach is vast as the sea; who could heal you?
“To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another,
He proposed another parable to them. “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.