31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
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Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
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“ ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.
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Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’ ”
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He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
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Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
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He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty poundsof flour until it worked all through the dough.”
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Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.