Mark 4:30-32; Mark 10:13-15 – Jesus thinks about the imagery that best describes the ontology of the Kingdom and its ways – that of the mustard seed( the smallest or the garden seeds). It is common and worked for the imagery of contrast, the point Jesus is making is simple, that “small beginnings can yield great outcomes.” The way of the seed does not fit the logic of the world, it is small and insignificant; unnoticeable when it enters into the ground. Yet with time, the seed becomes the plant so strong and large that birds can perch in its branches and rest from the weariness of their life. The parable point is a simple one. The Kingdom of Heaven will have small and insignificant beginnings; it will be unnoticeable to the world. The Kingdom of God will grow under the hand and by the timing of God, not dependent on those who belong to it or by the works of man, but as the Spirit of God will, so would the kingdom grow.