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And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. The New International Version translates the passage as: Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
Should a bird's nest appear before you on the way, on any tree or on the earth, chicks or eggs, and the mother resting on the chicks or the eggs: You shall not take the mother with the offspring. You shall send away the mother, and take the offspring for yourself, so that it be good for you, and your days be long.
The nesting birds may refer to Old Testament texts which emphasize the universal reach of God's empire, [7] such as Daniel 4:12. However, a real mustard plant is unlikely to attract nesting birds, [5] so that "Jesus seems deliberately to emphasize the notion of astonishing extravagance in his analogy."
Another candidate is the autumn-flowering Sternbergia lutea, one of the English common names of which is ‘lily-of-the field’. [4] France notes that flowers were less specifically defined in that era, and lily could be a word referring to any showy variety. [5] The verse could also just mean flowers in general, rather than a specific variety.
Like other auks, they are monogamous and have high nest-site fidelity, meaning that the same cavity is often used as a nest site by the same pair, year to year. [18] The eggs are generally incubated by both parents equally, for roughly a month (28–31 days), until chicks begin to hatch at about 25 days. [ 18 ]
The main breeding season is April to September and the nest is a hidden scrape on the ground. [11] The nest may sometimes be made above ground level in a niche in a wall or rock. [19] The clutch is six to eight eggs, but larger clutches, potentially reflecting intraspecific brood parasitism, have been noted. [20] [21] [22]
More visible nests were more likely to be selected by the common cuckoos. Female cuckoos use their vantage points to watch for potential hosts and find it easier to locate the more visible nests while they are egg-laying, [22] however, novel studies highlight that host alarm calls might also play an important role during nest searching. [23]
Village weavers nest in colonies and are very active during the breeding season. Birds fly in and leave again constantly, making significant noise. Colonies can contain as many as 150 nests, but eight to a hundred nests in a single tree are usual. [10] A village weaver's nest is 14–17 cm (5.5–6.7 in) long and 11–13 cm (4.3–5.1 in) high.