Matthew 13:32-34
Common English Bible
32 It’s the smallest of all seeds. But when it’s grown, it’s the largest of all vegetable plants. It becomes a tree so that the birds in the sky come and nest in its branches.”
Parable of the yeast
33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a bushel of wheat flour until the yeast had worked its way through all the dough.”
Purpose of parables to the crowds
34 Jesus said all these things to the crowds in parables, and he spoke to them only in parables.
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Matthew 13:32-34
New International Version
32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”(A)
33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(B) yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[a] of flour(C) until it worked all through the dough.”(D)
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.(E)
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:33 Or about 27 kilograms
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