16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, to have been freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"
17As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18He said, "To what is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and threw into his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches of it."
20Again he said, "What shall I compare to the kingdom of God?
21It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three sata of flour, until it was all leavened."
22He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
