18He therefore said, 'To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I liken it?'19It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky made their nests in its branches.20And again he said, 'To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?'21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened.