15. Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?
16. Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?”
17. When he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, but the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things he was doing.
18. Thus Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?
19. It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches.”
20. Again he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God?
21. It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”
22. Then Jesus traveled throughout towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.