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32 Which [truly] is the least of all seeds, but when it hath waxen, it is the most of all worts, and is made a tree; so that birds of the air come, and dwell in the boughs thereof[a].

33 Another parable Jesus spake to them [He spake another parable to them], The kingdom of heavens is like to sourdough, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it were all soured.

34 Jesus spake all these things in parables to the people [Jesus spake all these things in parables to the companies], and he spake not to them without parables,

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  1. Matthew 13:32 so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the bows, or branches, thereof

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