19 It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

20 Again he said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God(A) to? 21 It’s like leaven[a](B) that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds[b] of flour until all of it was leavened.”

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Footnotes

  1. 13:21 Or yeast
  2. 13:21 Lit three sata; about forty liters

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