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The Parable of the Yeast

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

The Use of Parables

34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing. 35 This was to fulfil what had been spoken through the prophet:[b]

‘I will open my mouth to speak in parables;
    I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.’[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:33 Gk hid in
  2. Matthew 13:35 Other ancient authorities read the prophet Isaiah
  3. Matthew 13:35 Other ancient authorities lack of the world

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