en_tn/mat/13/31.md

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.

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)