013:031 Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of
the Heavens," He said, "is like a mustard-seed, which a man
takes and sows in his ground.
013:032 It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it
is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds
come and build in its branches."
013:033 Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, for it to work there till the whole mass has risen."
013:034 All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them,
013:035 in fulfilment of the saying of the Prophet, "I will open
my mouth in figurative language, I will utter things kept
hidden since the creation of all things."
013:036 When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house,
His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us
the parable of the darnel sown in the field."
013:037 "The sower of the good seed," He replied, "is the Son of Man;
013:038 the field is the world; the good seed—these are the sons
of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one.
013:039 The enemy who sows the darnel is *the Devil*; the harvest
is the Close of the Age; the reapers are the angels.
013:040 As then the darnel is collected together and burnt up with fire,
so will it be at the Close of the Age.