And He was saying, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?
How shall I admonish you? What shall I compare to you, Daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I liken to you as I comfort you, Virgin daughter of Zion? For your collapse is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you?
“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the other children,
Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is the smallest of all the seeds that are upon the soil,