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.
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Gill's Exposition
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,.... Not Isaiah, as some copies in the times of Jerom read, but Asaph, who is called Asaph the seer, Ch2 29:30 which is all one as a prophet;…
Barnes' Notes
The kingdom of heaven - The meaning here is the same as in the last parable; perhaps, however, intending to denote more properly the secret and hidden nature of piety in the soul. The other parable…
In these verses, we have, I. Another reason given why Christ preached by parables, Mat 13:34, Mat 13:35. All these things he spoke in parables, because the time was not yet come for the more clear and…
Cambridge Bible
leaven Except in this one parable, leaven is used of the working of evil; cp. "A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump," Gal 5:9; 1Co 5:6; and "purge out therefore the old leaven," 1Co 5:7. So, too,…
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