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He also said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it?
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It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;
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yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."
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With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it;
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he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.
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On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."
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And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him.
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A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.
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But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?"
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He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm.
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He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?"