30. And He said, “To what shall we compare the reign of Elohim? Or with what parable shall we present it?
31. “Like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth,
32. and when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all plants, and forms large branches, so that the birds of the heaven are able to nest under its shade.”
33. And with many such parables He was speaking to them the word as they were able to hear,
34. and He was not speaking to them without parables. And when they were alone, He explained all to His taught ones.
35. And on the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us pass over to the other side.”