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32 A mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds. But the plant that grows from it is bigger than other plants. It is like a tree. It is so big that birds come and live in the branches.'

33 Jesus told them another story. He said, `The kingdom of heaven is like this. A woman took yeast and mixed it with many cups of flour. The yeast went all through the flour.'

34 Jesus told the people all these things in stories. He did not tell them anything without a story.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:33 Or about 27 kilograms