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33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom from[a] heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with[b] three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

Why Jesus Used Parables(A)

34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using[c] a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet[d] when he said,

“I will open my mouth to speak[e] in parables.
    I will declare what has been hidden
        since the creation of the world.”[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:33 Lit. of
  2. Matthew 13:33 Lit. hid in
  3. Matthew 13:34 The Gk. lacks using
  4. Matthew 13:35 Other mss. read Isaiah the prophet
  5. Matthew 13:35 The Gk. lacks to speak
  6. Matthew 13:35 Cf. Ps 78:2