Mark 4:30-36

³⁰And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or under what comparison shall we set it forth?

³¹It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth;

³²and when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air can lodge under its shade.

³³And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

³⁴But without a parable he did not speak to them; but in private he explained all things to his own disciples.

³⁵And on the same day, when the evening was come, he saith to them, Let us pass over to the other side.

³⁶And leaving the multitude, they take him with them, as he was, in the boat; and there were also other boats with him.