Matthew 13:31-35

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

32 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.”

33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds^[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”^[b]

Cross References

• 1. S ver 24
• 2. Matthew 17:20; Luke 17:6
• 3. Psalms 104:12; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 31:6; Daniel 4:12
• 4. S ver 24
• 5. Genesis 18:6
• 6. Galatians 5:9
• 7. Mark 4:33; S John 16:25
• 8. ver 14; S Matthew 1:22
• 9. Psalms 78:2; Romans 16:25,26; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:26

Footnotes

• [a] Or about 27 kilograms
• [b] Psalm 78:2