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33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast which a woman took and mixed in sixty pounds[a] of meal until it had leavened the whole batch.”

The Use of Parables(A)

34 Jesus said all these things to the crowds in parables. And without a parable He did not speak to them, 35 to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying:

“I will open My mouth in parables;
    I will say things which have been kept secret since the foundation of the world.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:33 Gk. 3 sata, about 22 liters each.
  2. Matthew 13:35 Ps 78:2.