Matthew 13:32-34
English Standard Version Anglicised
32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
33 He told them another parable. (A)“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in (B)three measures of flour, till it was (C)all leavened.”
Prophecy and Parables
34 (D)All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
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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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