30. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: first collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.” ’
31. He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
32. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.’
33. He told them still another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about thirty kilograms of flour until it worked all through the dough.’
34. Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.