芥菜种和面酵的比喻

31 耶稣又给他们讲了一个比喻:“天国就像一粒芥菜种,人把它种在田里。 32 它虽然是种子中最小的,却长得比其他蔬菜都大,并且长成一棵树,天空的飞鸟也来栖息。”

33 祂又给他们讲了个比喻:“天国就像面酵,妇人拿来掺在三斗面里,使整盆面都发起来。”

34 耶稣总是用比喻对众人讲这些事,祂每次对他们讲话时都用比喻。 35 这是要应验先知的话:“我要开口讲比喻,道出创世以来隐藏的事。”

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The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(A)(B)

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(C) a mustard seed,(D) which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”(E)

33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(F) yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[a] of flour(G) until it worked all through the dough.”(H)

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.(I) 35 So was fulfilled(J) what was spoken through the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[b](K)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:33 Or about 27 kilograms
  2. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2