Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 (A)And He said, “How shall we (a)(B)picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, 32 yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that (C)the birds of the (b)air can nest under its shade.”

Footnotes:

a. Mark 4:30: ['Lit ', compare]
b. Mark 4:32: ['Or ', sky]

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