Matthew 13:33 References

33 He spoke another parable to them, "aThe kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in bthree pecks of flour until it was all leavened."

b Genesis 18:6, Judges 6:19, 1 Samuel 1:24


Genesis 18

6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes."

Judges 6

19 Then Gideon went in and aprepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them.

1 Samuel 1

24 Now when she had weaned him, ashe took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one ephah of flour and a jug of wine, and brought him to bthe house of the Lord in Shiloh, although the child was young.

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