Jesus also used this illustration: 

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. 

Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough."

Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these when speaking to the crowds. In fact, he never spoke to them without using such parables. 

Matthew 13:33-34 NLT

The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast worked into the dough, and baked into bread. 

I wonder what Jesus wanted his hearers to hear in this parable?

What does he want us to hear?

What do you hear as you sit with this story?

Jesus never spoke to crowds of people without a story, without creating a metaphor to connect them with him, to help them connect with his teaching, so just maybe we need to sit with these parables too and wonder a little. 

Wonder about yeast, flour, the process of kneading, baking, a finished loaf, and the Kingdom of Heaven that we aspire to be "in" or "go to", maybe its a lot closer than we sometines think.

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