30. He said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it?
31. It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.
32. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
33. With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.
34. Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.
35. On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, “Let us cross to the other side.”
36. Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him.
37. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up.
38. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”
39. He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was great calm.
40. Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?”
41. They were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?”