Matthew 13:31-33

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

31 He put another parable before them, saying, ¹"The kingdom of heaven is like ²a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."

33 He told them another parable. ³"The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in ⁴three measures of flour, till it was ⁵all leavened."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 31, 32, see Mark 4:30-32; Luke 13:18, 19
• 2. Matthew 17:20; Luke 17:6
• 3. Luke 13:20, 21
• 4. Genesis 18:6
• 5. 1 Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9