Jesus continues to tell a large crowd of people different parables that describe what the kingdom of God is like.

## Jesus presented another parable to them ##

"Jesus told another parable to the crowd of people"

## The kingdom of heaven is like ##

See how you translated this in [Matthew 13:24](./24.md).

## mustard seed ##

a very small seed that grows into a large plant (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

## This seed is indeed the smallest of all other seeds ##

Mustard seeds were the smallest seeds known to the original hearers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## But when it has grown ##

"But when the plant has grown"

## becomes a tree ##

“becomes a large bush” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

## birds of the air ##

“birds” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])