Mark 4:30-36

³⁰Then He said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God? Or by what sort of parable shall we illustrate it?

³¹It is like a mustard seed, which whenever it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth;

³²but whenever it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all the garden vegetables, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to nest under its shade.”

³³And by many such parables He would speak the word to them, just as they were able to hear it.

³⁴And apart from a parable He did not speak to them, however, privately to His disciples, he would explain all things.

³⁵On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.”

³⁶And leaving the crowd, they took Him along as He was in the boat. And other little boats were also with Him.