When his followers asked Jesus to increase their faith, he told them the parable of the mustard seed. Though it was the smallest of seeds, once sown the mustard plant sprang up and spread rapidly.

When I was a young girl, I had a glass necklace with a tiny mustard seed in the center. Despite its size, that seed could grow into a great tree. Matthew 13:31-32 reads: “Another parable put he ...

Today’s Sunday gospel reading is about the Parable of the Seed. Our Lord Jesus Christ explains to his disciples why he teaches them by using parables perhaps because it was one easy way for them ...

According to the "Parable of the Mustard Seed" in Matthew 13:31–32, mustard seeds are the smallest in the plant kingdom. Right? Wrong.

Jesus' Parable of the Mustard Seed, with its imagery of a seed growing into a plant big enough for birds to perch in, is often seen as foretelling the growth of Christianity.