So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.”

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So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs[a] of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”(A)

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  1. Genesis 18:6 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms

The Parable of the Leaven(A)

33 (B)Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three [a]measures of meal till (C)it was all leavened.”

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  1. Matthew 13:33 Gr. sata, same as a Heb. seah; approximately 2 pecks in all

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

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  1. Matthew 13:33 Or about 27 kilograms

(A)Be hospitable to one another (B)without grumbling.

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Offer hospitality(A) to one another without grumbling.(B)

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(A)Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing (B)some have unwittingly entertained angels.

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Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(A) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(B)

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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (A)do not use liberty as an (B)opportunity for the flesh, but (C)through love serve one another.

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Life by the Spirit

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(A) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(B) rather, serve one another(C) humbly in love.

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  1. Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.

13 (A)distributing to the needs of the saints, (B)given[a] to hospitality.

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  1. Romans 12:13 Lit. pursuing

13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need.(A) Practice hospitality.(B)

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15 And when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” So (A)she persuaded us.

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15 When she and the members of her household(A) were baptized,(B) she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

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Mary and Martha Worship and Serve

38 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named (A)Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, (B)who also (C)sat at [a]Jesus’ feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”

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  1. Luke 10:39 NU the Lord’s

At the Home of Martha and Mary

38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha(A) opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary,(B) who sat at the Lord’s feet(C) listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care(D) that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

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But a [a]generous man devises generous things,
And by generosity he shall stand.

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  1. Isaiah 32:8 noble

But the noble make noble plans,
    and by noble deeds(A) they stand.(B)

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