And he was saying—How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or, in what parable, shall we put it?
Another parable, put he before them, saying—The kingdom of the heavens hath become like a man sowing good seed in his field;
How shall I solemnly admonish thee? What shall I liken to thee, thou daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with thee, that I may comfort thee, thou virgin, daughter of Zion? for, great as the sea, is thy grievous injury, Who can heal thee?
But, unto what, shall I liken this generation? It is, like, unto children, sitting the market-places, who, calling unto the others,
As a grain of mustard seed,—which, whensoever it may be sown upon the earth, is less than all the seeds that are upon the earth;