Synoptic Gospels Primer - Mustard & Leaven (English)

PARABLE of the MUSTARD
Matthew 13		Mark 4		Luke 13
		30	And he said,	18	He said therefore,
			"<How shall> we compare*		"What is
			the kingdom of God,		the kingdom of God
					like? *
31	Another parable		or what parable		And to what
	he put before them,		shall we use for it?		shall I compare it? *
	saying,
	"The kingdom of heaven
	is like *	31	As	19	It is like
	a grain of mustard seed		a grain of mustard seed,		a grain of mustard seed
	which a man took		which,		which a man took
	[and] sowed		when <it is> sown		[and] <tossed>
	in his field;		upon the <earth>,		in his <own> garden;
32	it is the smallest		is the smallest
	of all seeds,		of all the seeds
			<upon the> earth;
	but when	32	yet when it is sown
	it has grown		<it rises up>		and it grew
	it is		and becomes
	the greatest of shrubs		the greatest of all shrubs,
	and becomes a tree,			**	and became a tree,
			and puts forth
			large branches,
	so that		so that
	the birds of the air come		the birds of the air		and the birds of the air
	and make nests		can make nests		made nests
	in its branches."		in its shade."		in its branches."
PARABLE of the LEAVEN
Matthew 13		Mark 4		Luke 13
33	He told them			20	And again he said,
	another parable.
					"To what shall I compare
	"The kingdom of heaven				the kingdom of God?
	is like leaven			21	It is like leaven
	which a woman took				which a woman took
	and hid				and hid
	in three measures				in three measures
	of flour,				of flour,
	till it was all leavened."				till it was all leavened."
JESUS SPEAKS in PARABLES
Matthew 13		Mark 4		Luke 13
		33	With many such parables*
34	All this Jesus <spoke>		he spoke the word
	to the crowds		to them,
	in parables;*		as they were able
	indeed		to hear it;
	<he did not speak>	34	he did not speak
	anything
	to them		to them
	without a parable.		without a parable,
			but privately
			to his own disciples
			he explained everything.
35	This was to fulfill
	what was spoken
	by the prophet:
	"I will open my mouth
	in parables,
	I will utter
	what has been hidden
	since the foundation
	of the world."