17. As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18. He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?
19. It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
20. Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?
21. It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
22. He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and travelling on to Jerusalem.
23. One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?”He said to them,