# Matthew 13.33

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.</span>
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> **33. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>**
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> 34. <span class="rl-speech">All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.</span> (Matthew 13:31-35, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 31. <span class="rl-speech">He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”</span>
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> **33. <span class="rl-speech">He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”</span>**
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> 34. <span class="rl-speech">Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”</span> (Matthew 13:31-35, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.</span>
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> **33. <span class="rl-speech">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. <sup>measures: the word in the Greek is a measure containing about a peck and a half, wanting a little more than a pint</sup></span>**
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> 34. <span class="rl-speech">All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.</span> (Matthew 13:31-35, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'</span>
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> **33. <span class="rl-speech">Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'</span>**
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> 34. All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them, 35. that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.' (Matthew 13:31-35, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 13](/codex/matthew-13/)
- [Kingdom of God](/codex/g932-basileia/), via [Matthew 13.31-33](/codex/matthew-13-31-33/)

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## Why these four translations

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The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.