Matthew 13:33

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The Parable of the Yeast He told them another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”

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  • Luke 13:21 : 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”
  • Gal 5:9 : 9 A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!
  • 1 Cor 5:6-7 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough? 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough– you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
  • Gen 18:6 : 6 So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah,“Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.”
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 The Parable of the Weeds He presented them with another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.
  • Mark 13:20 : 20 And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.
  • Job 17:9 : 9 But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  • John 15:2 : 2 He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
  • John 16:12-13 : 12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
  • Phil 2:13-15 : 13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort– for the sake of his good pleasure– is God. 14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
  • 1 Thess 5:23-24 : 23 Conclusion Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

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  • Luke 13:18-21
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    18On the Kingdom of God Thus Jesus asked,“What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

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

    20Again he said,“To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

    21It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”

  • Matt 13:30-32
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    30Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers,“First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

    31The Parable of the Mustard Seed He gave them another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

    32It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches.”

  • Matt 13:23-26
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    23But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”

    24The Parable of the Weeds He presented them with another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

    25But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.

    26When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel also appeared.

  • Matt 13:43-48
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    43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

    44Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

    45“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

    46When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

    47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

    48When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

  • Matt 13:34-38
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    34The Purpose of Parables Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

    35This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:“I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

    36Explanation for the Disciples Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying,“Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.”

    37He answered,“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

    38The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The poisonous weeds are the people of the evil one,

  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

  • Mark 4:30-33
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    30The Parable of the Mustard Seed He also asked,“To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

    31It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground–

    32when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade.”

    33The Use of Parables So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

  • Mark 4:26
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    26The Parable of the Growing Seed He also said,“The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18“So listen to the parable of the sower:

    19When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

  • Gal 5:9
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    9A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!

  • Matt 25:14
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    14The Parable of the Talents“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

  • Matt 22:1-2
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    1The Parable of the Wedding Banquet Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

    2“The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

  • Matt 13:52
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    52Then he said to them,“Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

  • Matt 21:33
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    33The Parable of the Tenants“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

  • Luke 12:1
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    1Fear God, Not People Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples,“Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • Mark 8:15
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    15And Jesus ordered them,“Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”

  • Luke 8:11
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    11“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

  • Matt 16:11-12
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    11How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

    12Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Matt 18:23
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    23The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

  • Mark 13:33
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    33Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

  • Matt 20:1
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    1Workers in the Vineyard“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

  • Matt 25:1
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    1The Parable of the Ten Virgins“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to speak to them in parables:“A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

  • Matt 13:11
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    11He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,