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32 and this is the [a]smallest of all seeds, but when it is fully grown, it is the [b]largest of the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that (A)the birds of the [c]air come and nest in its branches.”

33 He spoke another parable to them, (B)The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in [d](C)three sata of flour until it was all leavened.”

34 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He was not speaking to them (D)without a parable

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  1. Matthew 13:32 Lit smaller
  2. Matthew 13:32 Lit larger
  3. Matthew 13:32 Or sky
  4. Matthew 13:33 Approx. 48 lb. or 39 l, a saton was approx. 16 lb. or 13 l

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)

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  1. Matthew 13:33 Or about 27 kilograms