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Matthew 13:33

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 33 He told them another illustration: “The Kingdom of the heavens is like leaven that a woman took and mixed with three large measures of flour until the whole mass was fermented.”+

Matthew 13:33

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 33 Ἄλλην Another παραβολὴν parable ἐλάλησεν he spoke αὐτοῖς· to them; Ὁμοία Like ἐστὶν is ἡ the βασιλεία kingdom τῶν of the οὐρανῶν heavens ζύμῃ, to leaven, ἣν which λαβοῦσα having taken γυνὴ woman ἐνέκρυψεν hid εἰς into ἀλεύρου of flour σάτα seah measures τρία three ἕως until οὗ where ἐζυμώθη it was leavened ὅλον. whole.

Matthew 13:33

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 33 Another illustration he spoke to them: “The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven,+ which a woman took and hid in three large measures* of flour, until the whole mass was fermented.”

Matthew 13:33

The Bible in Living English
- 33 He spoke to them another parable: “The Reign of Heaven is like a bit of yeast which a woman took and buried in forty quarts of flour till it all grew yeasty.”

Matthew 13:33

American Standard Version
- 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

Matthew 13:33

The Emphasized Bible
- 33 Another parable [spake he unto them]:—The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened.

Matthew 13:33

King James Version
- 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 13:33
  
  leaven: That is, a small piece of fermented dough held over from a previous kneading and mixed into a new batch of dough to make it rise. Jesus here refers to the normal process of baking bread. Although the Bible often uses leaven to represent sin and corruption (see study note on Mt 16:6), it does not always have a negative connotation (Le 7:11-15). Here the fermenting process evidently pictures the spread of something good.
  
  large measures: The Greek word used here, saʹton, corresponds to the Hebrew for seah measure. A seah measure equaled 7.33 L (6.66 dry qt).—See Ge 18:6, ftn.; Glossary, “Seah,” and App. B14.