Leaven

Stories About a Mustard Seed And Yeast - Matthew 13:24 – 13:35 (commentary)

The mustard seed symbolizes false growth (v. 31). It was the smallest garden seed known yet it produced a plant that grew to a height of twelve to fifteen feet in one season and the birds of the air would sit in its branches (v. 32). Jesus did not explain this parable but its mea …