Bible Verses

This fulfilled what the Prophet said: I will speak in parables, and I will reveal things kept secret since the beginning of the world.

Jesus taught these things to the crowds through parables; he didn’t speak to them without using a parable.

Parable of the Yeast He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole batch of dough began to rise.”

It is smaller than all other seeds, but once it is fully grown, it is bigger than any garden plant; like a tree, the birds come and rest in its branches.”

Parable of the Mustard Seed Jesus shared another parable with them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

Let them grow together until harvest; and, at harvest time, I will say to the workers: Pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles, and burn them; then gather the wheat into my barn.”

He told them, ‘No, when you pull up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with it.

He responded to them, ‘This is the work of an enemy.’ They asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?’

Then the owner’s servants came and asked him, ‘Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? Where did the weeds come from?’

When the plants sprouted and produced grain, the weeds also grew.