Matthew 13:31-35

31He presented another parable to them, saying, “1The kingdom of heaven is like 2a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field; 32and this is smaller than all the other seeds, but when it is fully grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that 3the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

33He spoke another parable to them: “4The kingdom of heaven is like 5leaven, which a woman took and hid in 6three 7sata of flour until it was all leavened.”

34All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak anything to them 8without a parable. 35This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be 9fulfilled: “10I will open My mouth in parables; I will proclaim things hidden since the foundation of the world.”