Translated by Mark M. Mattison
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These are the hidden sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
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Saying 20: The Parable of the Mustard Seed
The disciples asked Jesus, "Tell us, what can the kingdom of heaven be compared to?"
He said to them, "It can be compared to a mustard seed. Though it's the smallest of all the seeds, when it falls on tilled soil it makes a plant so large that it shelters the birds of heaven."
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