  We show that the neutrino mass matrix with the minimal texture leads to the
neutrino mass and mixing that are empirically determined, including
$\theta_{13}$ that is measured recently at a high precision. This mass matrix,
where the Majorana nature of the neutrino is essential, only allows the normal
hierarchy of the neutrino mass, excluding either inverse mass hierarchy or
degenerate mass neutrinos, and hence predicts the effective mass of double beta
decay to lie within the range $m_{ee}=3.7-5.6$ eV.
