Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 13 : 31-35

GOSPEL 

"The mustard seed becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky make their nests in its branches" 

Alleluia. Alleluia.

The Father wanted to engender us by his word of truth,

to make us like the first fruits of his creatures.

Alleluia. (Jas 1, 18) 

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 13 : 31-35 

At that time,

    Jesus offered the crowds another parable:

“The kingdom of heaven is like

a mustard seed which

a man took and sowed in his field.

    It is the smallest of all seeds,

but when it has sprouted

it overtakes other vegetable plants

and becomes a tree,

so that the birds of the air come

and make their nests in its branches. "

    He told them another parable:

" The kingdom of heaven is like

leaven which a woman took

and she hid in three measures of flour

until all the dough has risen. " 

    All this Jesus told the crowds in parables,

and he said nothing to them without a parable,

    thus fulfilling the word of the prophet: I will open my

mouth for parables,

I will publish what was hidden from the foundation of the world. 

  - Let us acclaim the Word of God.