And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?
What do I testify `to' thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea `is' thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?
`And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,
Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,
As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;