Jesus' Parable of the Mustard Seed, with its imagery of a seed growing into a plant big enough for birds to perch in, is often seen as foretelling the growth of Christianity. Arguably the greatest ...

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.

Today’s selection from Matthew 13 continues Jesus’ Parables Discourse. It contains two short parables—about a mustard seed and yeast—and a long parable with an allegorical interpretation ...

That’s the heart of the parable in today’s Gospel reading from Mark, comparing the kingdom of God to a tiny mustard seed. It’s a testament to small beginnings.

‘But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.’ (Matthew 13:23) A Service of EWTN News, Inc.

Hear Then the Parable, a 1989 book by Bernard Brandon Scott, ... On the surface the parable of the mustard seed is an image of great growth coming from something small.

The teaching of Jesus - CCEA The parable of the mustard seed (Mark 4: 30–32) Jesus tried to show people how to enter the Kingdom of God. His teachings were challenging in his own time, and to ...