And he said ‘With what shall we compare the Kingdom of God or in what parable shall we describe it?
As a mustard seed,
which when it is sown onto the earth
– Smallest of all the seeds on the earth
when it is sown
rises and becomes the greatest of all the plants
and grows great branches,
so that the birds of the heavens settle under its shade.
And by many such parables he spoke to them the word as they were able to hear.
And he did not speak to them without a parable
But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.
Lord, you have given me so much,
I ask for one more thing –
a grateful heart.
George Herbert