And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can restore you?
“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places and calling to their playmates,
Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field;
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;