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Atomic Bible
Matthew 13:32
Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
from The Parable of the Mustard Seed, Matthew 13:31-32
What it says

The seed grows into a large plant that shelters birds.

What it is doing

Unexpected growth fills the image.

In context

31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. 32Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”