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NASB					Matt 13:33 ¶ He spoke²⁹⁸⁰ another²⁴³ parable^3850b to them, "^AThe kingdom⁹³² of heaven³⁷⁷² is like³⁶⁶⁴ leaven²²¹⁹, which³⁷³⁹ a woman¹¹³⁵ took²⁹⁸³ and hid¹⁴⁷⁰ in ^Bthree⁵¹⁴⁰ ¹pecks⁴⁵⁶⁸ of flour²²⁴ until²¹⁹³ it was all³⁶⁵⁰ leavened²²²⁰."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 13:33 ¶ He told them another parable, "The kingdom of heaven is like ¹leaven, which a woman took and worked into three ²measures of flour until all of it was leavened." [Gen 18:6; Luke 13:21]

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This is the first time leaven is mentioned in the New Testament. See Ex 12:15 for the first mention of leaven in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word (seor) refers specifically to the leavening agent (as opposed to dough containing it), which today is thought of as yeast, a type of fungi. In Jewish thinking, leaven was symbolic of impurity and corruption. Jesus used it as a symbol for the corrupt and hypocritical teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees (see especially Luke 12:1; cf Matt 16:11; Mark 8:15), but He also used leaven's ability to permeate a mass of dough many times its own size as an illustration of the spread of the kingdom of heaven as here and in Luke 13:21.

A measure was about a peck and a half, which would be enough bread to feed a hundred people.

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Matt 13:33 ¶ He spoke another parable to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened."

Gen 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."

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Greek Heb.

224

aleuron; from aleô (to grind); meal:--flour(2).

243

allos; a prim. word; other, another:--another(50), another man(2), another woman(2), another's(1), else(4), more(5), one(3), one another(1), one else(1), other(35), other men(1), other women(1), others(41), some(2), some another(2), someone else(3).

932

basileia; from 936; kingdom, sovereignty, royal power:--kingdom(159), kingdoms(3), reigns*(1).

1135

gunê; a prim. word; a woman:--bride(1), wife(71), wife's(1), wives(11), woman(96), woman's(1), women(33).

1470

egkruptô; from 1722 and 2928; to conceal in:--hid(1).

2193

heôs; a prim. particle used as a prep., adv. and conjunc.; till, until:--down(2), even(5), far(5), how(7), long(1), long*(7), no more(1), point(2), right(1), until(83), while(5).

2219

zumê; from a prim. root; leaven:--leaven(13).

2220

zumoô; from 2219; to leaven:--leavened(2), leavens(2).

2980

laleô; from lalos (talkative); to talk:--made(1), proclaiming(1), said(6), say(5), saying(7), says(2), speak(95), speak forth(1), speaking(54), speaks(25), spoke(44), spoken(38), stating(1), talked(1), talking(5), tell(1), telling(1), things spoken(2), told(7), uttered(1), whispered*(1).

2983

lambanô; from a prim. root lab-; to take, receive:--accept(1), accepting(1), attempted*(1), bring(2), caught(1), caught caught(1), collect(1), collected(1), conferred*(2), conspired*(1), consulted*(1), experienced*(1), forgotten*(1), gets(1), gripped(1), incur(1), married(2), marry(2), obtained(1), occupy(1), overtaken(1), partial*(1), picked(2), receive(63), received(48), receives(14), receiving(6), seizes(1), shows(1), struck(1), take(24), taken(7), takes(3), taking(9), took(50).

3650

holos; a prim. word; whole, complete:--all(49), all all(1), completely(1), entire(5), entirely(1), full(1), one piece(1), throughout(1), whole(49), wholly(1).

3664

homoios; from the same as 3674; like, resembling, the same as:--like(43), one like(2), same(1).

3739

hos,
hê,
ho; a prim. pron.; usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that:--another*(8), any(1), because*(7), deeds*(1), just(1), just*(1), once*(1), one(11), one*(6), other(2), others*(2), same(2), since*(3), so(1), some(7), some*(8), someone(1), such(1), there(1), these(6), these things(3), thing(1), things(4), third(1), this(22), this is what(1), those whom(1), until*(1), what(101), what*(2), whatever(5), whatever*(28), when(9), when*(3), where(1), where*(2), which(404), while*(3), who(158), whoever(4), whoever*(51), whom(218), whomever*(6), whose(38), why*(3).

3772

ouranos; a prim. word; heaven:--air(9), heaven(218), heavenly*(1), heavens(24), sky(22).

3850b

parabolê; from 3846; a placing beside, a comparison:--parable(31), parables(16), proverb(1), symbol(1), type(1).

4568

saton; of Ara. or., cf. [5429]; seah, a (Heb.) measure (equiv. to about one and a half pecks):--pecks(2).

5140

treis and
tria; a prim. card. num.; three:--fifty-three*(1), thirty(1), three(66), twenty-three*(1).

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