At many different points in the New Testament, a mustard seed is used to illustrate the ... All of which is very nice, but parables don’t keep creditors at bay or take care of utility bills ...

On first reading, the two parables in today's Gospel text seem to make less and less sense. In the first, a sower seems to leave the seed to fend for itself. In the second, a tiny mustard seed becomes ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Mark’s Gentile readers would have taken great comfort and hope from this parable.

When his followers asked Jesus to increase their faith, he told them the parable of the mustard seed. Though it was the smallest of seeds, once sown the mustard plant sprang up and spread rapidly.