32 And when sown,(A) it comes up and grows taller than all the garden plants,(B) and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky(C) can nest in its shade.”

Using Parables

33 He was speaking the word(D) to them with many parables(E) like these, as they were able to understand.(F) 34 He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, he explained everything to his own disciples.(G)

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