Matthew 13:32-34

Good News Translation

³² It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows up, it is the biggest of all plants. It becomes a tree, so that birds come and make their nests in its branches.”

The Parable of the Yeast^(A)

³³ Jesus told them still another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A woman takes some yeast and mixes it with a bushel of flour until the whole batch of dough rises.”

Jesus' Use of Parables^(B)

³⁴ Jesus used parables to tell all these things to the crowds; he would not say a thing to them without using a parable.