33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven[a] that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds[b] of flour until all of it was leavened.”(A)

Using Parables Fulfills Prophecy

34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and he did not tell them anything without a parable,(B) 35 so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open my mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.[c][d](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:33 Or yeast
  2. 13:33 Lit three sata; about forty liters
  3. 13:35 Some mss omit of the world
  4. 13:35 Ps 78:2

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