13:33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with 3 three measures 4 of flour until all the dough had risen.” 5
1 tn The rendering “this [grain] offering” is more literally “his offering,” but it refers to the series of grain offerings listed just previously in v. 12.
2 tn The words “which regularly accompany” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarity.
3 tn Grk “hid in.”
4 sn This measure was a saton, the Greek name for the Hebrew term “seah.” Three of these was a very large quantity of flour, since a saton is a little over 16 pounds (7 kg) of dry measure (or 13.13 liters). So this was over 47 lbs (21 kg) of flour total, enough to feed over a hundred people.
5 tn Grk “it was all leavened.”