Matthew 13:31-35
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and of the Yeast
31 He(A) presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven(B) is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
32 It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the vegetables and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”(C)
33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds(a) of flour until it spread through all of it.”(b)(D)
Using Parables Fulfills Prophecy
Footnotes:
a.
Matthew 13:33: Lit 3 sata; about 40 quarts
b.
Matthew 13:33: Or until all of it was leavened
c.
Matthew 13:35: Ps 78:2