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The Parable of the Leaven

Matthew 13:33 · §129


33He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

Same passage in the King James Version

33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Parallel passages

Gospel of Thomas

Thomas 96: Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom can be compared to a woman who took a little yeast and hid it in flour. She made it into large loaves of bread. Anyone who has ears to hear should hear!" (a parallel saying preserved outside the four Gospels)

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